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COKRIGHT DEPOSfE 




BRIGADIER GENERAL DANIEL F. CRAIG 



Commissioned Colonel Aug. 17, 1917. Commanding Regiment from Sept. 4, 1917 

to Oct. 15, 191S. Brigadier General Oct. 15, 1 9 1 Si, assigned to command the 

157th Field Artillery Brigade, 82nd Division. Address: c o Riggs National Bank, 

Washington, D. C. 



302 nd Field Artillery 

United States Army 




3o2 nd Field Artillery Association 

Josi iM |. Lane, Secretary 
144 Lexington Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 



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Copyright 1919 

BY THE 

302nd Field Artillery 
Association 



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To Brigadier General 
DANIEL F. CRAIG 

Commander of the Regiment from the 
time of its organization, September 
5, 191", until his promotion to Briga- 
dier General October 15, 19 18. 



INTRODUCTION 



This book is the result of a desire throughout the regiment for a 
memento of the Great War and of the comradeship enjoyed in the service 
by the members of the 302nd Field Artillery. 

The book is published under the auspices of the Regimental Asso- 
ciation. 

Captain William H. Clarlin, Jr. wrote "The Story of the Regiment," 
spending a great deal ot time and effort in checking up the data he used 
in order that the work would be as near historically true as possible. 
In addition he had general charge ot the issuance ot the book. Corporal 
Joseph J. Lane, Secretary of the Association, accomplished an immense 
amount of work connected with the printing and selling ot the book. 
With the assistance ot the battery clerks and first sergeants, he collected 
and accounted tor orders tor 1264 books previous to publication, and was 
entrusted with the thousand and one details connected with the publi- 
cation of the book. The drawings are the work ot William G. French of 
C Battery and Dan W. Twiddy of A battery. The photographs were 
taken after the armistice by Lieutenants Wellman and Whipple. The 
map was traced by Sergeants Hauser and Binder ot Headquarters Com- 
pany from an old French map ot the sector. 

It is believed that the book fulfills the desires ot the regiment, and 
that much credit is due the men who made its publication possible. 

T. Jeffersox Coolidge, 3rd., President 

302nd Field Artillerj Association 

Magnolia, Mass., August 12, [919. 




COLONEL WILLIAM P. PLATT 



West Point. Commissioned Colonel Oct. 26, 1918. Commanding Regiment since 
Nov. 6, 1918. Address: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 





MAJOR ROBERT A. DOYLE 

Commissioned Major Dec. 31, 191 "• Assigned to 

Regiment Oct. II, 1918. Commanding 2nd Battalion 

from Oct. 13, 191S to Feb. z8, [919. Address: Little 

Rock, Arkansas. 



MAJOR MORRIS HADLEY 

Commissioned Major at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 1917. 
Commanding 2nd Battalion Aug. t ;, [917 to Oct. IJ, 
191N. 3d Battalion Oct. 1 ;, 191N to Dec. 4, 1918. 
Trans. Hdqrs., Third Army, Dec. 4, 191 N. Address: 
Whitnev Ave., New Haven, Conn. 






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MAJOR WILLIAM GAMMELL, JR. 

Commissioned Captain Jan. 9, 191"". Commissioned 
Major April 10, 1918. Commanding 1st Battalion 
since April id, [918. Address: [70 Hope St, Provi- 
dence, R. I. 



MAJOR EDWARD I). SINKS, M. C. 

Commissioned Major Jan. z6, [918. Commanding 

Med. Det. since June XI, 1918. Address: 122 East 

Circular St., Lima, Ohio. 





CAPTAIN HARCOURT AMORY, JR. 

Commissioned Captain Aug. 15, 191 7. Battalion 

Adjutant 3d Battalion. Commanding 3d Battalion. 

Address: 293 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 



CAPTAIN SAMUEL W. ATKINS 

Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp. 

August 15, 1917. Commanding Battery E, Address: 

Marietta, Pa. 





CAPTAIN LINCOLN BAYLIES 

Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp, 

Aug. 15, 1 917. Commanding Battery F. Address: 

5 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. 



CAPTAIN JOHN M. BULLARD 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut, at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 191". 
1st Lieut. Dec. 31, 1917. Captain May 21, 1918. 
Personnel Adjutant since May 21, 1918. Regimental 
Adjutant since Jan. 1, 1919. Address: 428 County 
St., New Bedford, Mass. 



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CAPTAIN HOWARD T. BYLES 

Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp 

Aug. i ^, 1917. Commanding Battery C to March 3, 

1919. Address: Central \'illage, Conn. 



CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. CLAFLIN, JR. 

Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 1917. 
Commanding Headquarters Co. Address: 269 Com- 
monwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. 





CAPTAIN T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, .id 

Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg, Aug. 1 ;, 1917. 
Commanding B.ittcrv I), Sept. 4, ivi~ to Dec. 1 ; ,191". 
Regimental Adjutant Feb. 17, 191s to Jan. 1, [919. 
Commanding Battery since Jan. 1, 1919. Address: 
i*4 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 



CAPTAIN SAMUEL S. DURYEE 

Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp, 

Aug. 15, 191". Commanding Battery A. Address: 

Garrison-on-Hudson, New ^ ork. 



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CAPTAIN BURGESS A. EDWARDS 

Commissioned Captain at Plattsburg Training Camp 

Aug. 15, 1917. Commanding Battery B. Address: 

87 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 



CAPTAIN CALEB L. ETHERIDGE, ORD. 

Commissioned 1st Lieut. Sept. 29, 1917. Captain 

March 12, 1919. Commanding Ordnance Detachment. 

Address: 1027 Calhoun St. Columbia, S. C. 





CAPTAIN EVAN HOLLISTER 

Commissioned Captain at Niagara Training Camp, 
Nov. 27, 1917. Commanding Supply Co., and Regi- 
mental Supply Officer. Address: 780 West Ferry St., 
Buffalo, New York. 



CAPTAIN JOHN F. STREETER, M. C. 

Commissioned Captain Nov. 6, 1917. Duty with Med. 
Det. Address: 55 Walnut St., Springfield, Mass. 



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ikd LIEUT. ROBERT H. ATKINSON' 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August I, i</i^- J 

Regiment September 25, 1918. Dutj with Supply 

Company. Address: 1 195 k.ist Lincoln Street, 
Portland, Oregon. 



:nd LIEUT. CHARLES E. BALCHIN 

Commissioned 2ml Lieut. August 1, 1 1> 1 s . Joined 
the Regiment Sept. 2;, UyiK. Duty with Battery A. 
Addrcs-.: 62 Governor Street, Providence] Rhode 
Island. 





2nd LIEUT. CHARLES E. BLAKE 

Commissioned 2nd Lieul November 2-, 1917. I)ut\ 

with Supply Company to February 2s, 1919. Vddress: 

406 Farmington \ve., Hartford, Connecticut. 



im LIEUT. ALLEN II. BOARDMAN 

Commissioned 1st Lieut, at Plattsburg, Nov, 2-, [917. 
Dutj with Batter) I) to Mar. jig. Commanding 

B.utcr\ C since Mar. 11, \<>t<>. Address: 165 Bucking- 
ham St., VVaterbury, Conn. 





2nd LIEUT. LLOYD G. del CASTILLO 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. July 4, 191 8. Duty with 

Headquarters Company, Band Leader. Address: 

324 Franklin Street, Cambridge, Mass. 



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ist LIEUT. & CHAPLAIN CURTIS \V. CHENO- 
WETH, i. s. a. 

Commissioned ist Lieut. June 19, 1918. Duty with 

Regiment until Feb. 28, 1919. Address: University 

ot Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. 




2nd LIEUT. HUGH B. HAMILTON 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 1, 1918. Joined Regi- 
ment Oct. 3, 191 8. Duty with Battery E to Feb. 20, 
1919. Trans, to Army Educational Commission, 
Paris, Feb. 20, 1919. Address: Moberly, Louisiana. 



2nd LIEUT. ALVIN E. HARDGROVE 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. I, 191 8. Joined Regi- 
ment Sept. 25, 1918. Duty with Battery E to Jan. 15, 
1919. Trans, to Combat Officers' Replacement Depot, 
Gondrecourt, Jan. 15, 1919. Address: Wolf Street.. 
Creek, Montana. 



2nd LIEUT. JOHN F. COVER, JR. 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August I, 1918. Joined 

Regiment Sept. 25, 1918. Duty with Headquarters 

Company. Address: Lima, Ohio. 





ist LIELT. GORDON Cl'RTIS 



tst LIEUT. WILLIAM H. FLYNN, .«. c. 



Commissioned 1st Lieut. Nov. ly, [917. Duty with Commissioned 1st Lieut. June :,, I917. Duty with 
Battery D. Address: Wellesley Farms, Mass. Med. Der. Address: Unionville, Conn. 






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1,1 II I. ROBERT K. GORTON 



2nd LIEUT. FREDERICK C. HnLBROOK 



Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August [5, I917. DutJ with Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Nov. ;-, 1 f > 1 — . Joined the 
Headquarters Company. Address: 14; Freeman St.. Regiment Aug. 20, 101S. DutJ with Battery C 
Brookline, Mass. Address: Brattleboro, Vermont. 





2nd LIEUT. WALLACE A. HOWES 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty 

with Battery A. Address: 74 Maple Street, Florence, 

Mass. 



2nd LIEUT. ROY M. HUNTER 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 1, 1918. Joined the 

Regiment Sept. 25, 1 9 1 8. Duty with Headquarters 

Company. Address: iji Chauncey Street, Brooklyn, 

New York. 





2nd LIEUT. JAMES C. KEMPTON 



:nd LIEUT. GALEN L. LOCKE 



Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. Duty with Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty with 
Battery C. Address: c o Springfield Waste Co., Headquarters Company. Address: 50 Cushing Ave., 
Mill St., Springfield, Mass. Belmont, Mass. 





i»i LIEUT. HENRY P. KIDDER 

Commissioned ist Lieut. August i ;, [917. Duty 

with Headquarters Company. Address: Southboro, 

Mass. 



ist LIEUT. HUGH KN'OWLTON 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, ly 17. ist Lieut. 
Nov. 4, 191S. Duty with H'di|. Company to Oct. 29, 
[918. Aide Brig.-Gen. D. F. Craig Oct. :o, 191 8 
to Jan. 18,1919. Duty Battery D. Address: Radnor 

Hall, Charles River Road, Cambridge. Mass. 






mo LIEUT. LAWRENCE K. MARSHALL 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. November :-, [917. Dutj 

with Battery B. Address: 399 High Street, West 
Medtord, Maxv. 



m LIEUT. ANDREW B. McCLARY 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. K, [917. 1st Lieut. 
Dec. ;i, 1917. Duty with Batter; C to Feb. 2s, 1919, 

Address: Windsor, Vermont 




ist LIEUT. GUY D. McKINNEY 

Commissioned 1st Lieut. Nov. 27, 1917. Duty with 

Battery A to Feb. 28, 1919. Address: 1602 Fourth 

Ave. North, Fort Dodge, Iowa. 



ist LIEUT. RICHARD J. METZGER 

Commissioned 1st Lieut. November 27, 1917. Duty 

with Battery E. Address: 241 West Avenue, Buffalo, 

New York. 





ist LIEUT. ADRIAN (I. MORSE 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 191". ist Lieut. 

Dec. 31, 1917. Duty with Battery C. Address: 

Durham, New Hampshire. 



2nd LIEUT. HUGH W. MYERS 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty 
with Battery D. Address: Hamilton, Virginia. 





2nd LIEUT. JOSEPH M. NEVILLE 

Commissioned Second Lieutenant August 15 
Duty with Battery C. Address: Simsbury, 



[917. 

Conn. 



ist LIEUT. JOSIAH C. PALMER, JR. 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. 1st Lieut. 
Dec. 31, 1917. Dutv with Battery F. Address: 
S40 Park Ave., New York, N. V. 




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2nd LIEUT. TREMAINE PARSONS 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. Duty with 
Battery B. Address: 15 Dell Ave., Hyde Park, Mass 



2nd LIEUT. MYLES S. PERKINS 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1 917. Duty with 

Battery B to February 28, i'>">- Address: 144 Pine 

Ridge, Waban, Mass. 




ist LIEUT. PRESTON B. PORTER 

Commissioned ist Lieut. November 27, 1 9 1 7. Duty 

with Supply Company. Address: 489 Linwood Ave., 

Buffalo, New York. 




ist LIF.L'T. JOHN M. RAYMOND, JR. 

Commissioned ist Lieut. April 20, 1917. Captain 
March 12, 1 9 19. Duty with Hdqrs. Company. 
Battalion Adjutant to Jan. 15, 1919. Trans, to Com- 
bat Officers' Replacement Depot, Gondrecourt, Jan. 15, 
1919. Address: 438 Lafayette St., Salem, Mass. 




2nd LIEUT. LAWRENCE F. ROSSITER 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty 

with Battery E to February 28, 1919. Address: 

Greenwich, Conn. 



LIEUT-COLCNELL E. R. WARNER McCABE 

Commissioned Lieut-Colonel May 26, 1918. Joined 
Regiment Aug. II, 1919. Commanding Regiment 
from Oct. 15, 191 8 to Nov. 6, 1918. Commissioned 
Colonel Nov. 12, 1918. Address: Richmond, Vt. 



ist LIEUT. FREDERICK W. POLLARD 

Commissioned ist Lieut. November 27, 191". Duty 

with Supply Company. Address: 14 Commonwealth 

Ave., Boston, Mass. 



2nd LIEUT. WILLIAM A. PARKER 

Commissioned at Plattsburg Training Camp Aug. 15, 

191". Duty with Battery D to Nov. 7, 1918. Address: 

8 Gloucester Street. Boston, Mass. 





:xd LIEUT. EDWARD VAN V. SANDS 



;xd LIEUT. PAIL B. SESSIONS 



Commissioned 2nd Lieut August 15, 1917. Duty Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 1917. Duty with 

with Battery A. Address: 101 East 39th St., New Headquarters Company. Address: 25 Bellevue Ave., 

York, N. Y. Bristol, Conn. 




isr LIEUT. ALEXANDER H. SCOTT 



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:m> I.IFLT. PALL B. SCOTT 



Commissioned 1st Lieut. November 27, 1917. Duty Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 1, [918. Joined 
with Battery K. Address: ^41 Pine St., Manchester, Regiment September 2;, 1918. Duty with Batter] I''. 
\. II. Address:" Reidsville, N. C. 




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isr LIEUT. CLAYTON" J. SMITH 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. 1st Lieut. 
Dec. 31, 1917. Duty with Headquarters Company. 
Address: 115 Jefferson Street, Stamford, Connecticut. 



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2nd LIEUT. EMERSON P. SMITH 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. Duty with 

Battery F to Feb. 28, 1919. Address: 170 Brown St., 

Providence, Rhode Island. 




isr LIEUT. JOHN S. STANTON, JR. 

Commissioned 1st Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. Duty with 
Headquarters Company. Address: 54 South Port- 
land Ave., Brooklyn, New York. 



CAPT. HALLECK LF.FFERTS 

Commissioned Capt. at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 1917. 
Commanding Battery D to Nov. 11, 1918. Gassed 
in action Nov. 11, 1918. Transferred to hospital at 
Commercv. Address: 8-53 Park Ave., New York 
City, N. Y. 



CAPT. KENNETH F. SIMPSON 

Commissioned Capt. at Plattsburg, Aug. 15, 1917. 
Regimental Adjutant to February I - , 1918. Bat- 
talion Adjutant 1st Battalion to Jan. 17, 1919. 
Address: c o Fifth Ave. Bank, 1530 5th Ave. New 
York City, N. Y. 



2nd LIEUT. LOUIS N. SCHRUPP 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 1, 1918. Joined 

Regiment September 25, 1918. Duty with Battery B 

to February 28, 1919. Address: i743__\Vhite St., 

Dubuque, Iowa. 




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:si> LIEUT. WILLIAM D. SWAN", JR. 2ND LIELT. WILLIAM F. SIMPSON 

Commissioned ;nd Lieut. Aug. I, 1918. Joined Regi- Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, [917. Duty with 

mem Oct. 3, [918. Duty with B:ittcty I). Address: Headquarters Company to Feb. 28, 1919. Address: 
167 Bratt'c St., Cambridge. Mass. Kenwood Place, Wheeling, West Virginia. 





2ND LIEUT. ALLAN W. WAITE 



ist LIEUT. JOHN B. WATERMAN 



Commissioned :nd Lieut. Nov. 17, 1 <> 1 - . Joined Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, I917. Ist Lieut. 

Regiment Aug. 20, [918. Duty with Battery F. Dec. 31, 1 9 1 ~. Duty with Headquarters Companj 

Address: c Aetna Life Insurance Co., Hartford, to Feb. ;!>, 1910. Address: Highland Ave., Fall 

Connecticut. River, Mass. 





ist LIEUT. DONALD C. WATSON 

Commissioned ist Lieut. Nov. 27, 1917. Joined 

Regiment Aug. 20, 191 8. Duty with Battery B. 

Address: Hinckley Road, Milton, Mass. 



ist LIEUT. HAROLD O. WELLMAN 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 191 7. ist Lieut. 
Dec. 31, 191". Duty with Battery E. Judge Advo- 
cate. Address: 15 Saxon Terrace. Newton High- 
lands, Mass. 





ist LIEUT. FREDERIC E. WHEELER 

Commissioned ist Lieut. November i~, 191". Duty 

with Battery F. Address: 908 Mutual Life Bldg., 

Buffalo, New York. 



2nd LIEUT. LEVLAND WHIPPLE 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. August 15, 191". Duty 

with_Headquarters Company to February 28, 1919. 

Address: Bangor, Maine. 







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zno LIEUT. ROWES B. WILCOX 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. I, 19 iS. Joined Regi- 
ment Sept. 25, 1918. Duty with Supply Company. 
Address: 71 Main St., Stonington, Connecticut. 



ist LIEIT. WILLIAM G. WILLIAMS 

Commissioned ist Lieut. Sept. ib, 19]-. Duty with 

Medical Detachment. Trans, to Base Section :, 

SOS, March 19, 1919- Address: I.addins Rock, 

Stamford, Connecticut. 





2ND LIEIT. JAMES II. W1THINGTON 
Commissioned :nd Lieut. Aug. 15, [917 Dut] 



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Home Address: 31 Chestnut Terrace, 
Newton Center, Mass. 



ist LIEUT. DONALD C. WRIGHT 

Commissioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917. ist Lieut. 
Dec. 31, 1 v 1 ~- Duty with Batter] A to Feb. - s , 1919. 

Address: Orange, Connecticut. 



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302 nd FIELD ARTILLERY 

United States Army 



OX September 3, iq'Ti the 302nd Field Artillery became a unit of 
the United States Army. To establish its relation with the 
many other organizations that saw service in the war against 
Germany, it is necessary to explain briefly the general plan upon which 
the Army was organized. 

When the United States declared war against Germany, the War 
Department realized the fact that the Regular Army and the National 
Guard could not be expanded to sufficient size to meet the requirements 
that faced the country. The solution to the great problem was found 
in the passing by Congress of the Selective Service Acts, establishing 
compulsory military service. As a direct result of this very drastic 
military measure, the National Army came into existence. 

Since the Regular Army and the National Guard were established 
systems, Divisions made up of troops from these organizations were 
the first to be sent abroad and naturally, the first to reach the Front. 
The National Army, however, had no foundation whatever upon which 
to build. It was an entirely new Army, created solely for the present 
war. The difficulties surrounding the formation of this Army have 
no actual place in this history. The building of the cantonments, pro- 
viding equipment, food, and the countless other items essential to a mili- 
tary organization, form in themselves a history, making an enormous 
accomplishment, in comparison with which any former military efforts of 
our country seem very trivial. 

The plan upon which arose the National Army called for seventeen 
Divisions, numbered consecutively from the 76th to the 92nd. The 

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32 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERV 

sites for divisional cantonments were selected at various strategic points 
throughout the country, and the machinery set in motion that brought 
forth a finished product prepared to meet the best troops of Germany. 

The 302nd Field Artillery began its existence as one of the regiments 
comprising the 76th Division, which was in command of Major-General 
Harry L. Hodges. This Division was formed at Camp Devens, Aver, 
Massachusetts, and continued its training there until it sailed for Europe. 

Camp Devens, like all the other cantonments, was a marvel of 
construction. The rapidity with which this city was constructed — a 
wilderness in June; the home of thirty thousand in September — is 
merely one example of the many stupendous efforts made by the Wat- 
Department to plant an Army in Europe in the shortest possible time. 
When the officers first arrived, in fact all through the month of Sep- 
tember, Camp Devens was a seething mass of construction. Barracks 
sprang up as if raised by magic. Thousands of workmen swarmed every- 
where. Once the framework of a building was raised, it was a jumble 
of humanity; hammering, sawing, building, building, building! Trucks 
loaded with lumber bounced over abominable roads and came to a halt 
beside a scrub oak thicket. In two days the scrub oak thicket had 
given way to a row of two-story barracks. The wildest dreams of a west- 
ern boom town appeared as child's play compared to the frantic efforts 
of thousands of workmen, racing against time, to make this city ready 
for the first quota of the Draft, due to arrive the first week of September. 

It was into this bedlam of confusion that the officers of the 
Regiment arrived on August 29, 191 - . All day they trickled in, until 
by evening the entire quota was present; housed in a recently constructed 
barracks on Infantry Hill. 

Although the period spent by the officers in their training camp is 
not actually a part of the Regiment's lite history, nevertheless it was 
during that period that the Regiment first began its moulding. The 
2nd Battery, 1st Provisional Training Regiment, a unit of the Officers' 
Training Camp at Plattsburg, turned out the officers for the Regiment. 
During the first month at Plattsburg all officers took Infantry Instruction. 
It was not until the middle of June that the candidates were separated 
into the various branches of service, and the future officers of the 302nd 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY ^3 

Field Artillery became segregated in the 2nd Battery under the com- 
mand of Lieutenant Beare. During those two months the candidates 
were crammed with Artillery knowledge. The "Four-Ringed Circus" 
seemed to stretch on and on into a never-ending succession of subjects. 
Finally the camp came to an end on the 15th of August, and it was with 
any other feeling than regret that the newly commissioned officers left 
Plattsburg with orders to report to Camp Devens on August 29th. 

It was not until the afternoon of August joth that the officers had 
their first official meeting. It was then that Colonel Craig introduced 
himself to each officer of the Regiment. The first impression of esteem 
felt by everyone, was more than justified as the Regiment progressed 
through its months of training. Lieutenant Colonel Danforth was 
second in command. He was later assigned as commander of the Artil- 
lery Camp at Camp Jackson. With Colonel Craig and Lieutenant 
Colonel Danforth at the helm, the Regiment had two of the best men the 
service could offer, to direct its course. 

The days before the first quota of the Draft arrived were uneventful. 
The officers busied themselves in learning their way about the Camp. 
The future Regimental Cantonment in those days was rough-looking, 
to say the least; barracks built in a "stump field"; no officers' quarters; 
brush and brambles everywhere; and no roads that were worthy of the 
name. Two days before the arrival of the first recruits, however, the 
officers' quarters sprang into being, and, by the 6th of September, every- 
one was housed in quarters belonging to the Regiment, eagerly looking 
forward to the coming of the first men. 

The officers were assigned to Headquarters Company, the six Bat- 
teries and the Supply Company. Regimental General Order Number 2, 
dated September 4, 1917, made the assignment. The Organization 
Commanders appointed were as follows: 

Regimental Adjutant: Captain* Kenneth F. Simpson. 
Headquarters Company: Captain William H. Claflin, Jr. 
Supply Company: Captain Halleck Lefferis. 



Battery A 
Battery B 
Battery C 
Battery D 
Battery E 
Battery F 



Captain Samuel S. Dlrvee. 

Captain Burgess A. Edwards. 

Captain Howard T. Bvles. 

Captain Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, 3rd. 

Captain Samuel A. Atkins. 

Captain Lincoln Baylies. 



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September 6th brought forth great speculations. What would 
the men be like? Would there be any men with previous military train- 
ing? What would be their attitude? It was with a strong feeling of 
curiosity that the officers watched the first little band of recruits troop 
up the dusty road towards Regimental Headquarters. Twenty-nine 
men came that first day. A mere handful, but that little handful of 
men marked an epoch in the history of our Country. If a man had 
ventured the prophecy six months before, that selective military service 
would be in existence in so short a time, his mental soundness would 
have been doubted. Yet these few men were living examples of the 
existing fact. The old order of things had gone forever. The volunteer 
system was history. Here were soldiers of a new regime. Few as 
they were in numbers, these men gave an impression that assured the 
success of the National Army. 

Small batches of men dribbled in each day until the loth, when the 
last of the first quota of five per-cent arrived. On that day the Morning 
Report showed an enlisted personnel of 163 men, including 10 Non- 
commissioned Officers, who had been sent from the 14th Field Artillery 
as a training nucleus. During the next few days very little work of a 
military nature was done; the men were examined and clothed, and the 
work of cleaning the regimental area began, while awaiting the arrival of 
the first forty per-cent scheduled the 19th. On the 19th, and 20th, large 
numbers of recruits were due to arrive from Connecticut and Vermont. 

The Connecticut contingent arrived in the evening of the 19th. 
To say that they made a decided impression on the Regiment, would 
be putting it mildly. The weather was very disagreeable and the 
roads were even muddier than usual, when the news reached Regimental 
Headquarters that the whole male population of New Haven was on its 
way up from the gate. The Captains established themselves behind 
tables piled high with qualification cards. The Medical Detachment 
was notified. The Adjutant, Captain Simpson, busied himself with 
the arrangement of various lists, and made all preparations to pass as 
many men as possible through the initial examination that night. 

It was dusk before the hosts from New Haven arrived. Lieutenant 
Kidder, mounted on a horse borrowed for the occasion, led the parade; 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 35 

while Lieutenant Maclnnis, also mounted, brought up in the rear. The 
straggling line ot men stretched tar out ot sight — strangers in a strange 
land. The attempt at a column of tours was soon lost, once a halt was 
made. "Hail, hail, the gang's all here" seemed to be the chief method 
ot expressing their like or dislike tor their present condition, hut by 
no means the only one; some just shouted, tor no particular reason 
than perhaps to keep up their courage. There were tall men, short 
men, thin men, and fat men. By the variety ot languages that drifted 
out ot the rumble ot voices, the nations ot the world were present, even 
including our enemies. 

The question, "Where are you men from?" brought forth a roar 
of " New Havens." Each had a tag tied on his person with " New Haven " 
printed on it in large red letters. Some wore them in their hats, some in 
their button holes, while a tew preferred to have them pinned in the 
middle of their backs. Little Red Cross bags were very much in evi- 
dence. American Flags were everywhere. One man carried a huge 
flag which would have done justice to a large Army Post on the Fourth 
of July. Another man stood out conspicuously on account of his red 
shirt, whiskers and lack of hat. 

"As your names are called, answer 'Here,' and go through that 
door." It was decided not to examine the men that evening but only 
assign them to batteries. About eighty men were crowded into the 
Adjutant's office at one time. One new member enlivened the pro- 
ceedings by throwing a fit in front of Captain Simpson's desk. A very 
large man handcuffed to a very small man, also added a diversion to the 
routine. The large man later became Sergeant Craft; the small man 
was an Austrian who objected strenuously to joining the Army, having 
two brothers in the German forces. By ten o'clock the last recruit had 
been disposed of, and the five hundred odd inhabitants ot New Haven 
were housed in their new home; seven two-story barracks, furnished 
with rows of little iron spring cots provided with ticks filled with straw. 

The next few days were devoted entirely to examining and equipping 
the recruits. Several additional groups ot men arrived. Vermont and 
Connecticut furnished all ot the men who came during the early days 
of the Regiment. The Vermont men were put into the First Battalion, 



36 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 



while those from Connecticut made up the Second Battalion. This 
system was adhered to as much as circumstances would allow. 

The remaining days in September were devoted mostly to preparing 
the cantonment, as well as the command, for the strenuous period of 
training to come. Stumps soon disappeared from the immediate vicin- 
ity of the barracks. The work of clearing the miniature wilderness which 




Copyright Sanborn Photo Co. 



Panorama of Camp 



separated our barracks from those of the 303rd Field Artillery was well 
under way by the first of October. Clearings made around the officers' 
quarters improved appearances immensely. It was during this period 
of general improvement that six additions to the Battery Barracks, the 
Guard House, Regimental Exchange, and Headquarters Company 
Barracks, were added to the cantonment. 

All officers, and Battery Commanders in particular, will remember 
those first weeks. There were no Mess Sergeants, no Supply Sergeants, 
no First Sergeants, no Battery Clerks. The Battery Commander in 
those days scarcely ever left his Orderly Room. There were records 
without end to make out. The Adjutant's office seemed continually 
crying out for immediate information. It was a matter of running an 
organization without any organization with which to run it. About 
this time the Regiment began to transfer men away. September 22nd 
saw the first group leave; twenty-two men, and at a very liberal estimate, 
five out of that twenty-two were Americans. The Foreign Legion was 
a unified body compared with that gathering of American soldiers which 



THE STORY OF THE }02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 



37 



left for Boxford, where they joined the 103rd Field Artillery, 26th Division. 

By the first of October the first stage of contusion and organization 
had passed, and the Regiment began to stride out on its long course 
with more or less assurance of what it was about. 

With October came the first concentrated efforts at military train- 
ing. The Regiment now numbered 60 officers and 1049 men. The most 




Devf.ns, Ayf.r, Man 



important obstacle to be overcome was that ot training non-commissioned 
officers. A school for Non-commissioned Officers was established in 
the Headquarters Company barracks under the supervision of Captain 
Claffin. Each organization sent all men with prospective non-com- 
missioned officers' ability to this school. These men were put through 
a four weeks' course. The work was laid out by Lieutenant Colonel 
Dantorth, an expert in such undertakings, and, at the end of the four 
weeks, non-commissioned officers were turned out, able to instruct as 
well as to carry on the ordinary duties of a non-commissioned officer. 
While the selected men were being carried on as rapidly as possible in 
their work, the rest of the men were being grounded in the school of the 
soldier. Everyone took the same instruction, regardless of his desires 
concerning his future career in the Regiment. The arrival of 400 recruits 
on October 3 necessitated some change in the training schedule, but 
these men were assimilated comparatively easy. The Morning Report 
of October 4 showed an enlisted personnel of 141.}, the greatest strength 
ever reached by the Regiment. 



Sergeants 


Corporals 


1 1 


9 


IO 


'.> 


9 


U 


6 


15 


7 


>3 


IO 


12 


9 


1 1 


I 





38 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERV 

The Non-Commissioned Officers' School ended with a general com- 
petitive examination, open to all men in the Regiment, held on October 28 
and 29. A careful record was kept of the marks and these marks were 
used as a basis upon which the men were appointed. The first regi- 
mental formation was held on November 1, at which the names of the 
non-commissioned officers were read and the appointments authorized. 

The following non-commissioned officers were appointed: 

Headquarters Company 

Band Section 
Battery A 
Battery B 
Battery C 
Battery D 
Battery E 
Battery F 
Supply Company 

Total 65 S; 

With the appointment of non-commissioned officers, the Regiment 
took on a new lease of life. Not only was the training greatly facili- 
tated, but the administration of the organization was established on a 
firm basis. A battery without non-commissioned officers is practi- 
cally no battery at all; merely a conglomeration of men. The weeks 
spent upon the training of non-commissioned officers were not spent 
in vain. They were given a thorough grounding in the rudiments of 
a soldier, and the slight delay in the development of the Regiment as 
a whole, was more than compensated for by the excellent work accom- 
plished by this first group of warrant men. The close of the non-com- 
missioned officers' school allowed room for the formation of the Head- 
quarters Company. Both non-commissioned officers and privates were 
drawn from the Batteries and transferred into the Headquarters Com- 
pany. The Supply Company was also started as a unit at this time. 
The period of the school of the soldier was passed. The Regiment 
now started on its more interesting work of learning artillery. Rapid 
progress was made until the Winter, with its zero weather, snow, and 
ice, which made organized training almost impossible. However, by 
the time winter closed, the instruction had reached its practical limit, 
considering the utter absence of materiel and equipment. The wooden 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 39 

guns had played their part. Standing gun drill was no longer a novelty. 
Foot drill was an old story, guard duty was being practiced, rather than 
studied. Customs and Courtesies had been approached from every 
angle. The Semaphore and Wig-wag were no more mysteries. Com- 
puting Firing Data was being mastered by those who were to use it. 
The great cry was tor equipment. With only one 3-inch battery, 
instruction of gun squads was slow. In short, the coming of the winter 
found the Regiment well-established in all the fundamentals of artillery 
and ready tor equipment. Without it, progress would have been almost 
impossible, even with perfect weather. It was in this condition that 
the Regiment plunged into the long winter of 1917-18. The men were 
trained as soldiers, but the lack of equipment made their further train- 
ing as expert artillerymen almost impossible. 

Although the winter as a whole makes a very uninteresting period 
in the Regiment's development, there are, however, several features 
and events of those long cold months that deserve a place in this History. 
It was, above all, a period of schools, individual instruction, Divisional 
schools, as well as Regimental schools. 

The instruction in the Regiment was handicapped to a certain 
extent by the departure of Lieutenant-Colonel Danforth during the 
first week in November, for Plattsburg. The following is a list of Divi- 
sional schools with their attendance: 





Week 


OF DECEMBFR Is, Kyl- 




School 


Officers attending 




Enlisted Men 


Anti-gas school 




h 


Stable Sergeants' School 


3 


Coordination 




I 


Bakers' school 


6 


Court-Martial 




3 


Cobblers' school 


1 


Equitation 




2 


Anti-gas school 


2 


Panoramic Sketching 




:> 


Buglers' school 


3 


Captain duPont's Lectures 


All 


officers 


Blacksmith's school 


6 


Liaison school 




s 


Saddlers' school 


4 


School of Eire at Et. Sill 




+ 







Besides the above list of Divisional schools, there were courses of 
instruction earned out in the Regiment, both for officers and enlisted 
men; radio, telephone, mapping, gunnery, ballistics, probabilities, 
cooking, equitation, elements of firing data, blackboard firing, and sev- 
eral other subjects. The courses ran from one to six weeks, new clas 
being organized upon the graduation of the preceding ones. Lieutenant 



40 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

Langely on Probabilities was especially interesting. Lieutenant Glover, 
on any subject whatsoever, was amusing, as well as interesting. Every- 
one in the Regiment either taught or attended school; and although 
at the time, the enthusiasm manifested in them was not of the highest 
order, they served their purpose and helped not only to ground the 
officers and men in important subjects, but also aided materially in 
keeping knowledge already gained from slipping the memory. Some new 
subjects were attached, Anti-gas being the chief of them. The officers' 
course lasted a week, and those officers who were unfortunate enough 
to strike a cold week were duly impressed with the discomforts of the 
small box respirator. A mile hike in masks with zero weather and icy 
roads is a day's work for any man. Every officer and non-commissioned 
officer in the Regiment took the course, and at some time or other paid 
a visit to the "Gas House" near the Base Hospital. Before leaving 
the subject of schools, the series of lectures on the War given by Lieuten- 
ant Swift (later Major Swift, Brigade Adjutant) deserves due praise. 
Officers and men looked forward with eagerness to his talks, which 
not only described the movements of the armies with accuracy, but 
likewise brought home to everyone the situation at hand and the duties 
yet unaccomplished. The schools played their part in the development 
of the Regiment and their importance cannot be overlooked. 

Closely allied with the schools were the officers' meetings which, 
until the club house was completed, were held in the mess hall of the 
hospital. Everything was discussed, from the price of fur-lined coats 
to whether squads-right should be done in seven or nine counts. When 
adjournment was announced within an hour and a half, the evening was 
a success. Although necessary, the officers' meetings did not make the 
long winter evenings any shorter — with their hot, sleepy hours, and 
confidential pamphlets without end. 

The original number of officers was considerably increased by the 
arrival, on December 15, of recent graduates from the training camps 
at Plattsburg and Ft. Niagara. The new arrivals included Major Hadley, 
Captains Gammell, Amory and Hollister, twenty-eight First Lieutenants, 
and eleven Second Lieutenants. Lieutenant-Colonel Danforth came back 
also, but for only a short time, as he was soon sent by the War Depart- 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 4 1 

merit to Camp Jackson, S. C, to start an artillery training camp. Within 
a few days the novelty of seeing so many new faces wore off, and, except 
tor a slight rearrangement of duties, the Regiment settled down into 
its ordinary existence. Captains were leaving regularly tor Fort Sill, 
and upon the departure ot Captain Lefferts, Captain Hollister was assigned 
to the Regiment and made Supply officer. 

With the month of December the Regiment received its first horses. 
Before the New Year arrived 1006 were sheltered in the group of stables 
allotted to the Regiment. One thousand horses, without either saddles 
or harness, became quite a problem. The question "What to do with 
the men?" was no more the chief topic of discussion; "What to do with 
the horses?" was now infinitely more vital. 

The horses on the whole were excellent. Naturally there were 
some trouble makers, but in a few weeks they became accustomed to their 
new surroundings and were no longer a cause of annoyance. The horses 
were assigned to organizations according to color. F Battery, with all 
grays, made a very striking appearance. Equitation commenced almost 
immediately. Rings banked with snow served the purpose excellently. 
Riding in winter, under perfect conditions, has its drawbacks, but riding 
bareback, with no bridle, on horses not especially adapted to such exer- 
cises, made the periods anything but enjoyable to the would-be horsemen. 

On March nth when the weather conditions were just becoming 
favorable for horse work, the War Department decided that the Regi- 
ment should be organized as a motorized unit. The first week in April 
saw the final passing of the horse. It was with a combined feeling of 
pleasure and regret that the Regiment watched the long line of horses 
leave the cantonment for the last time, en route for the Remount Depot. 
The months of grooming and training had been spent in vain. Although, 
at the time, the majority of the officers and men regretted losing the 
horses, the months to come brought out only too plainly that the change 
was for the best. The horse and all that went with it soon became a 
memory, and the Regiment turned its attention to mastering its new 
means of transportation: motor vehicles. 

Glancing back again at the winter as a whole, it is marked by a 
series of quarantines. Measles was the chief cause. B Battery was 



42 THE STORV OF THE 3<D2ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

confined to its own barracks for nearly two months, leaving its premises 
onlv for drills. The quarantine stopped week-end passes, an added hard- 
ship to the restrictions of the camp. With the coming of spring, the 
measles and mumps disappeared, leaving the Regiment once more tree 
to go where it pleased. 

With the exception of the schools, the arrival ot new officers, the 
horses, and the quarantine, there are no features that stand out promi- 
nently during that long stretch ot cold weather. The winter was excep- 
tionally cold, the mercury hovering about zero tor weeks at a time. 
Snow was on the ground continually trom November to March. The 
regimental heating plant, however, was more than a match tor the ele- 
ments, all of the barracks being amply provided with heat. It was a 
period of marking time, making the months pass by as interestingly as 
possible. Christmas, with its extended leaves, came and went. A 
few men, considering that they owed more to their families than to the 
army, went without the necessary military sanction. The band, the 
few times it ventured out, froze completely. Hikes through snow knee- 
deep, classes in the mess hall, days when the Regiment was turned out 
to clear the roads of snow, an occasional party in one ot the mess halls, 
Saturday Reviews by General McNair, all rise out ot the past as dim 
memories of a very cold and snowy winter. But the winter finally came 
to an end, and the Regiment was only too ready to shake itselt out of its 
inactive state and start training in earnest. 

Numerous transfers had depleted the Regiment below its authorized 
strength. The Morning Report of March i showed a total enlisted 
personnel of 924. The loss ot so many men was very discouraging, 
and with each order requiring the transfer ot certain specialists, the 
prospects of overseas service seemed farther and farther away. The 
Regiment, and in fact the whole Division, was very little more than a 
replacement depot during the winter. 

The announcement that the first target practice would be held on 
March i - had a decided effect on the spirit ot the Regiment. Something 
new and interesting was finally about to happen, after the long months 
of inactivity. Gun squads had been working diligently, preparing tor 
the actual firing. During the first days ot target practice, it was decided 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 43 

to use crews made up of non-commissioned officers. Major Hadley, 
who was in charge of that branch of the training, selected as the site 
of the first battery position a small clearing near the edge of the blurt- 
overlooking Hell Pond. From here an excellent view could be had ot 
the Range. Still River, with its bordering meadows which gradually 
changed into rolling hills, finally giving way to wooded crests marking 
the horizon, made a panorama of truly beautiful Xew England scenery. 

Teams from the /,01st Field Artillery pulled the guns to their posi- 
tion. Bv 8.30 A. M. everything was in readiness to fire the first shots,— 
the first shots of the 151st Brigade, as well as of the Regiment. A large 
group of officers representing the three artillery regiments watched the 
proceedings with great interest. Brigadier-General McNair personally 
supervised the laying of the battery. The white flag fluttered from the 
range party's station, signifying that the range was clear; the red flag 
flapped its warning from the roof of the little house that overlooked 
Hell Pond. 

"Directly in front, white house; aiming point, gable ot that house." 

"Deflection two, seven, five." 

"On number two open ten." 

"Site: two eighty." 

"Corrector: thirty." 

" Battery left." 

"Two eight hundred." 

"Set," "Ready" "Set," "Ready." 

"Fire!" 

Numbers one and tour crashed together, closely followed by two 
and three. The first battery salvo was on its way. Four white purts 
to the left of the red barn were followed by tour distant "booms." The 
range was christened. Salvo after salvo screamed over -Still River 
until, at 1 1 o'clock, the red flag, hoisted by the range party, proclaimed 
the end ot the day's firing. 

A general air of profound satisfaction surrounded the large group of 
officers as they gathered about General McNair tor the final criticism on 
the day'S work. Something definite had been accomplished. Firing 
was no longer a class room affair, but something actual, something real, 



44 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

and something that raised the spirits of every Field Artillery officer as 
he rode or walked back to camp. That day was a great turning point 
in the Regiment's life. The period of theoretical training was over; 
practical work, the same kind later to be carried on in Europe, was 
now the order of the day. A field artillery regiment's chief object for 
existence is to shoot, and when it is actually shooting, it is perfecting 
itself in the duty it has to perform. Its final desire in life, to crash its 
shells into the enemy, is made possible only by long days of work on 
the range. 

From now on the main activities of the Regiment centered about 
target practice. The work became more difficult as the men accus- 
tomed themselves to their duties. The various phases of field firing were 
taken up until by the end of the spring the Regiment was engaged in 
work, imitating, as much as conditions would allow, actual work at the 
front. The special details were called upon to play their part with 
both telephone and radio. The limited number of guns (there being 
only three 3-inch batteries and one 4." inch howitzer battery for the vise 
of the brigade) and lack of transportation, handicapped greatly the 
training of units larger than a battery. Battalion problems, however, 
were worked out, but much of the actual work had to be simulated. The 
Holliday House, battery positions along the road from Harvard station 
to the Base Hospital, forest fires, trips to Prospect Hill, Still River, long 
walks, dusty roads, and hot days, are all dim and distant visions of the 
days spent on the range at Camp Devens. 

It was interesting to watch the development of the batteries. The 
green gun crews soon recovered from their initial excitement, settled 
down, and improved rapidly. The training of the officers in the conduct 
of fire was of equal importance with the development of the gun crews 
and the improvement shown kept pace with that of the men. The work 
done during the final days on the range showed that the Regiment was 
well prepared to face sterner duties. The cannoneers, telephone opera- 
tors, range finders, wireless operators, linemen, truck drivers, were all 
trained as well as conditions in America would allow. Further work in 
America was useless. The Regiment was ready for the final touches 
that could be given only in Europe. All were satisfied with what the 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 45 

Regiment had accomplished in the United States and were ready and 
waiting tor the final word to set out on their long journey. 

Before taking up the final period of preparation tor overseas service, 
there are several subjects and events which deserve special mention. 
The position of Regimental Adjutant had been changed before the Regi- 
ment began firing. With the departure of Captain Simpson for Fort 
Sill during the last week of February, Captain Coolidge was appointed 
to succeed him. The change was a permanent one. Captain Lefferts 
was given command of D Battery. Due credit must be given to Cap- 
tain Simpson tor organizing the regimental office, although Captain 
Coolidge's methods on the whole followed simpler lines. The discipline 
applied to the paper work of the Regiment by Captain Simpson estab- 
lished a standard of the highest efficiency. The Ex-Adjutant on his 
return from Fort Sill, was appointed Adjutant of the First Battalion 
under Major Gammell, who had received his promotion during the first 
week of April; Captain Amory was given the same position in the Second 
Battalion. Several Second Lieutenants were promoted, and Lieutenant 
Bullard received the rank of Captain. On May i~ he was assigned the 
duties ot Personnel Adjutant. The large number of attached officers 
was materially reduced by the transfer in April of twenty-four lieutenants 
to Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Fort Sill, by the end of Februarv, 
had reached its capacity, and each week saw an officer leave the Regiment 
to take the course. All the battery commanders and nearly all of the 
First Lieutenants had completed the course by the time the Regiment 
began its final preparations for foreign service. 

The spring was also a period ot schools. The Divisional schools 
which had been the chief method of instruction during the winter, were 
continued throughout the spring months. Major Hadley conducted a 
course in Volume Three of Field Artillery Drill Regulations and proved 
himself an excellent teacher. The school for staff and line officers given 
by members ot the French and British Missions was the final word in 
schools. Selected officers of the Division attended, and the course cov- 
ered operations of a Division both in attack and defence. All branches 
ot the service existing in the Division demonstrated their ability in battle. 
The final days ot the course were spent in Divisional liaison problems 



4 6 



THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY 



and manoeuvres. It was during the final phase ot the manoeuvre, when 
actual troops were used, that the 302nd Field Artillery fired a barrage 
over its own infantry. This is believed to be the only instance where a 
National Army unit fired over its own troops on American soil. B 
Battery also demonstrated to the large gathering ot officers that barbed 
wire can be successfully cut by shrapnel. The Headquarters Company 




Copyright Geo. H. Russell. 



The Review of 



plaved an especially important part during these manoeuvres, establish- 
ing and maintaining long lines of communication. The course proved 
to be immensely interesting and fixed in the minds ot all who attended, 
or who took part in any ot the manoeuvres, the vital importance of liaison. 

Before leaving the subject ot schools in America, the Third and 
Fourth Officers' Training Schools need a word in passing. The Regi- 
ment sent its quota to both. It supplied 34 candidates to the Third, 
and 36 to the Fourth, all of whom did excellent work, showing their fitness 
to become officers. The Headquarters Company supplied the majority 
of the candidates. 

Ever since the receipt of the order making the Regiment a motorized 
unit, courses in motor transportation were being carried on. Both 
officers and men were given instruction in this branch ot work. The 
twelve Riker trucks received in May greatly aided the training ot truck 
drivers. Many men in the Regiment had had experience with motors 



THE STORY <>F THE }02XO FIELD ARTILLERY 



47 



in civilian lite and these men assisted greatly in this work. A few men 
were sent auay to receive instruction on tractors, trucks, and motor 
cycles. By the end of June the Regiment had a sufficient number of 
motor transportation men to meet its immediate needs. 

Several Divisional reviews made acceptable breaks in the routine 
of training. On June 19 a skeleton division formed on the main parade 




be -*'i h Division. 



ground while the 4th of July saw a full war strength Division swing by 
Major-General Hodges. The review on July 4 was the last public appear- 
ance of the 76th Division, as such, either in America or in Europe. 

During the latter half of May and throughout June, recruits poured 
into Camp Devens, having been sent from various other camps in the 
East to fill the depleted ranks of the 76th Division. On May 21 the 
Regiment received 290 men from Camp Upton, while on June 23 and 25, 
212 more arrived, bringing the Regiment almost up to its required war 
strength. The recruits were put through a rapid course ot elementary 
training before being assimilated into the organizations. 

Throughout May, rumors followed one another in rapid succession, 
setting the dates for sailing overseas. That the Division was scheduled 
for an early departure, was evident. June found the rumors more and 
more persistent. In every regimental cantonment, boxes marked with 
A. E. I', triangle were very much in evidence. Inspection followed 



48 THE STORY OF THE 3<32ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

inspection. Overseas equipment in large quantities arrived at the camp 
and was issued to the organizations immediately. A tremendous latent 
excitement existed throughout the entire cantonment. June 26 saw 
the advance detachment of the Regiment, which included fourteen officers 
and twenty-seven men, depart for Europe. Drills became now very 
perfunctory. Everybody was busy preparing for the final day. Four- 
day leaves were granted to many men. By the 7th of July all materiel 
was packed, boxes marked, individual equipment inspected, and an- 
nounced in order. The only thing lacking was the final order. 

Late in the afternoon of the 10th of July, a long line of infantry 
in full marching order tramped past the Regimental Headquarters on 
its way to the railroad yards in front of the Quartermaster warehouses. 
Each day saw thousands of men streaming down to the trains. Day 
and night, trainloads of troops pulled out of the yards. The 76th Divi- 
sion was moving! The infantry and machine gun battalions had gone. 
The artillery's turn was next. On July 1 1 an order arrived from the Com- 
manding General, Port of Embarkation, designating July 15 as the day 
when the 302nd Field Artillery should bid good-bye to the United States. 

Headquarters National Army Cantonment 
Camp Devens, Aver, Mass. 
confidential July 11, 1918. 

Special Orders 
No. 175 



9. In compliance with telegraphic instructions from the Port of Embarkation, the following organiza- 
tions of the 76th Division will proceed so as to arrive not later than 4 A. M. Tuesday, July 16 at B. & A. Pier, 
Boston, Mass., for embarkation overseas: 

Ship R. 
302nd Field Artillery, 16 officers, 1096 men. 
301st Trench Mortar Battery, 3 officers, 159 men. 
The organizations are authorized to carry a surplus ot enlisted men ot 2 per cent of their authorized 
strength. This number is in addition to those quoted above. 

The Commanding Officers will communicate with the Transportation Department, Camp Quartermaster, 
this station, for information with reference to the trains and hours of departure. 

The Quartermaster Corps will furnish the necessary transportation. The Commanding Officers concerned 
will arrange for rationing their men enroute. 

The travel directed is necessary in the military service. 

* * * * 

By Command of Brigadier General McNair: 
official: M. B. Stewart, 

R. A. Dunford, Brigadier General, N. A., 

Major, Infantry, U. S. A., Acting Chief of Staff. 

Adjutant. 



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Headquarters Port of Embarkation 
Hobokes, New Jersey 



SERIAL NO. 2J 



TENTATIVE AnMONUEN I 



49 



July 9, 1918. 



Transport Xo. 601. (England.) 










B. & A. Piers, Boston, Mass 










July /6, /<jiS. 














Officers 


Men 


Item No. 


302nd I'ield Artillery 




16 


1096 


76th Division 


301st Trench Mortar 


Battery 


3 


159 




GRAND TOTAL AVAILABLE 


19 


125S 





CAPACITY 



19 



Surplus Officers (49) assigned to Transport No. 674. 

By authority of the General Superintendent, A. T. S. 
T/ATS H C. E. Hooper, 

ceh ; con. Captain, Q. M. R. C. 

July 15, 191 8 was a beautiful summer day. The huge cantonment, 
with the exception of the Depot Brigade and the artillery quarters, was 
deserted. The rows of empty barracks, simmering in the hot July sun, 
stood as silent reminders of the hosts that had departed. The three 
artillery regiments spent an idle day. The last bit of baggage, including 
barrack bags, had already been loaded. The Regimental Street of the 
302nd Field Artillery swarmed with friends and relatives of the 1096 
men. Little family groups wandered aimlessly about, waiting tor the 
time of final good-byes. A regimental parade in the afternoon was a 
welcome interruption to the hours of waiting. Retreat and then supper, 
and still the Regiment lounged about the barracks. A few skeptics were 
beginning to voice their opinions about change in orders, duty in the 
Depot Brigade, and venturing other deductions as to the fate of the Regi- 
ment. When taps were blown at 10 P. M. the cantonment was deserted 
except for its military population. The last good-byes had been said by 
friends and relatives. The men sprawled about the empty rooms. A 
few made final arrangements on their packs, while others congregated in 
small groups and discussed coming events. On the whole, the men were 
unusually quiet, waiting with that strange feeling of expectancy, for the 
start of the long train of events that would lead to the battletront. 

At 10:45, tne Captains left Regimental Headquarters, each headed 
for his organization. A few minutes later, First Sergeants' whistles 
broke the long spell of waiting. The time had come! The men filed out 



50 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

of their barracks and formed in their respective parades. One by one 
the lights in the barracks blinked and went out. Battery B's quarters 
were the last to fade into blackness. Each captain called the roll, read- 
ing the long list with the aid of a flash-light. 

Alter the last chorus ol "Heres," the organizations swung into a 
column of squads and waited in silence to take up their positions in the 
line of march. At the tick of eleven, Colonel Craig, beating his boot 
with a short crop, strode down the regimental street. A few paces 
behind the Colonel came the cased colors. 

"Forward,- — March." "Column left, — March." Battery A fol- 
lowed the colors. Not a murmur broke the stillness; the discipline was 
perfect. The orders of the various organization commanders, as they 
brought their units into the line of silent figures, were the only sounds 
which disturbed the quiet of the night. As each battery swung into 
the column, the men took one final look at their "home." A few waved 
silently, and then were swallowed up in the long line. By the time the 
last unit had cleared the regimental cantonment, the head of the column 
had reached the Quartermaster warehouses. The Regiment halted on 
the wide road which parallels the railroad yard. The train was made 
up and waiting and it was only a matter of a few minutes for the men to 
file into the empty coaches. Before midnight the long line of cars jerked, 
moved forward, and the 302nd Field Artillery was on its way. 

For an hour the train rattled along, finally coming to a stop in a 
large freight yard. The port of embarkation had been a much disputed 
subject and during the last hour, it had been the favorite topic of conver- 
sation; but now it was a certainty. Boston is the only large city an hour's 
run from Aver. The train was pulled up to the docks in two sections; 
the organizations formed beside their cars, then tramped into the large 
shed. Here the men were formed into single file, arranged according 
to passenger list order. The long snake-like line wound in and out in 
front of one pile of boxes and in back of another pile. Slowly but surely, 
it moved toward its final destination; the gang plank. At the head of 
the gang-plank sat an officer of the Embarkation Service, who checked 
the men as they stepped on board. For nearly two hours the men 
streamed past the checking officer, and disappeared into the darkness. 



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The coffee and buns distributed by Red Cross workers were thoroughly 
appreciated by every member of the Regiment. It made a lasting 
impression on many of the men, and the "ladies who stayed up all night 
to give us coffee" was the topic of many future conversations. 

Shortly after 3 A. M., the embarkation was complete. From camp 
to shipboard in a little over three hours is an example of efficient handling 
of troops. The movement was accomplished without the slightest hitch. 

The dim outline of H. M. T. Port Lincoln loomed up through the 
darkness; a huge bulk melting into the surrounding sheds. The organi- 
zations as they filed onto the ship were sent below and assigned to their 
respective areas. Most of the men however, soon found their way on 
deck again and went exploring in every direction. Strange objects met 
their gaze at every turn. Life rafts, funnels, ventilators, mine sweepers: 
all took on peculiar and weird shapes in the dark. The largest group 
gathered about the mail-sack, depositing "sate arrival" post cards. 
The majority of the Regiment did not sleep that night. 

The first signs of dawn still found the decks swarming with men, 
although here and there sprawled sleeping figures. It was with strange 
and varied feelings that the men watched the outlines ot their surround- 
ings creep out of the darkness. The old North Church, with its memories 
of Paul Revere and the Revolution, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, the 
elevated railroad, the bridge to City Square, were some ot the familiar 
landmarks which stood out most prominently. The city was awaking: 
the first elevated train rattled along Atlantic Avenue; the few pedestrians 
crossing the bridge, stopped to gaze at the crowded transport. Shortly 
before 7 A. M., a tug nosed alongside, the hawsers were cast off, and the 
H. M. T. Port Lincoln moved slowly out of the slip. 

Gangs of workmen in the Navy Yard and on the Boston shore waved 
a parting farewell. A fire-boat expressed its feelings by continued shrieks 
of its sirene; other boats joined in the din, and the transport steamed 
down the harbor, amid a chorus of whistles. Before the sky line of 
Boston faded into the mist, two more transports backed out ot their 
docks and headed down the harbor. The three liners soon left the coast 
behind. The fond hopes ot the Regiment were at last realized. It was 
on its way to France! 



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Colonel Craig commanded the troops on the Port Lincoln. The 301st 
Trench Mortar Battery, commanded by Captain Jewett B. Newton, 
was the only other organization on board. Owing to the shortage of 
officers' quarters, all of the officers of the Regiment, with the exception of 
Major Hadley, Major Sinks, the organization commanders, Lieutenants 
Pollard and Blake, and the Chaplain (Lieutenant Chenoweth), had left the 
previous day, sailing from New York. 

The Port Lincoln was commanded by Captain William Mason; 
a splendid example of an English seaman. Before sunset of the first 
day, a fourth transport joined the convoy, and the four ships headed for 
Halifax, reaching the outer harbor of that port without incident on the 
morning of the 1 8th. The trip up the river, past Halifax, which still 
showed only too plainly the effects of its recent disaster, was extremely 
interesting. The four troop-ships finally anchored in the beautiful 
upper harbor, already crowded with fantastically painted transports. 

The flotilla lay at anchor until the 20th. The gaily colored ships 
swarming with men, the pine-covered hills rising from the water's edge, 
the myriads of life boats filled with soldiers drifting about the harbor; 
the playing of bands, and the ever present bustle and preparation for 
the coming journey, made an impression long to be remembered by every 
member of the Regiment. 

At 7:30 A. M. on the 20th, the first ship weighed anchor and glided 
slowly from its berth. Others began to move, maneuvering for their 
places in line. One by one they entered the mouth of the river and 
joined in the procession; twenty-one vessels in all. In single file this 
huge armada steamed past Halifax and out to sea; a giant sea-serpent 
winding through the channel. Every ship flew the British flag. It is 
impossible for anyone who has not seen a large convoy in its war paint 
to realize the impressive grandeur of such a sight. The ships kept in 
line until nearly out of sight of land; then, at the same instant, they 
broke, and for a few minutes there seemed to be no resemblance of any 
formation. Then order came out of chaos and the convoy sailed along 
in four lines, H. M. Cruiser Berwick, the escort, leading; the few 
boats that did not carry troops taking up the exposed positions on the 
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was a ship of the Pacific trade filled with New Zealanders, the only boat 
in the convoy not carrying Americans. The Berwick kept up a con- 
tinual conversation with its numerous charges by strings of signal flags 
and semaphore. The co-ordination of the fleet was marvelous. At 
given times during the day and night the whole fleet would change its 
course, never steaming in one direction for more than two hours at a time, 
for zig-zagging was the greatest precaution against submarines. It 
baffled their tactics of creeping around the horizon and lying in the 
path of the ships, waiting for a favorable moment to launch their torpe- 
does.* The manoeuvring of the fleet was an example of the final word 
in navigation. Often ships were less than one hundred yards apart. 
Night and day, fog and wind, made no difference; the fleet sailed on in 
perfect accord. For over twelve hours the convoy ran through thick 
fog, the gray wall shutting off all vision, the ships zig-zagging just the 
same. The only sound was an occasional screech of the Berwick's sirene. 
When the fog lifted not a ship was out of line. 

The Port Lincoln was one of the smallest ships in the fleet which 
•carried troops. It originally was in the Eastern trade; a boat of about 
eight thousand tons, and when pushed to the limit could do twelve knots 
an hour. The main troop deck extended nearly the whole length of the 
ship. Rows of tables with benches lined the walls. The men slept in 
hammocks suspended in the vicinity of their respective tables, and for the 
first few nights, the hammocks were strange and unnatural beds. None 
of the comforts of barrack life at Camp Devens were present on the Port 
Lincoln: below decks was crowded, and the available space on the 
upper deck was none too large; the canteen, which was controlled by 
the British, was a subject much discussed by the men. The Port Lincoln 
was as good as the average run of transports which carried the A. E. F., 
all luxury giving way to the necessity of carrying every available man. 

The only organized events which occurred in the Regiment's daily 
existence on ship board were boat drills, half an hour's calisthenics, and 
meals. The rest of the time, the men sprawled about on the decks clad 
in blue denims, reading, sleeping and watching the rest of the convoy. 
A hat overboard, a stray porpoise, or some member unduly sea-sick, often 
attracted passing attention, but on the average the days were spent in 



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ease and quiet. The nights were far less enjoyable. The men were 
allowed on deck at night, hut smoking or any semblance of a light was 
prohibited after sun-down. The whole Heet steamed on through the 
night without even so much as a steam lantern. The one formal forma- 
tion of the day, Retreat, brought the whole Regiment on deck. Every 
bit of standing room was jammed with men. The band played the "Star 
Spangled Banner," followed by "God Save The King." The lines of 
men in their life belts swayed with the rolling of the ship; the twenty- 
one steamers plowed through what seemed a never-ending ocean. The 
sun set, and another day of the journey was over. 

July 2y was the first eventful day of the voyage. When the Regi- 
ment awoke and came on deck to take its customary look at the convoj , 
it was greeted by the pleasant sight of eleven destroyers; both American 
and British. They seemed to be everywhere; nervous little boats, always 
on the alert. 

In the early afternoon of the joth, when the convoy was a day off 
the Irish Coast, the Regiment was disturbed from its enjoyment of a 
hot sun and calm sea by a metallic whang which shook the whole ship. 
The cause of the disturbance was soon discovered. Two destroyers 
about a mile to the starboard were racing around in circles, great volumes 
of water spurted up in the air, and with each spurt of water the ship 
shivered as if struck by a huge sledge hammer. Whang! Whang! Whang! 
sounded the depth bombs. The convoy scattered like a bunch of fright- 
ened ducks; the ships went in every direction. The decks of all the 
boats were jammed with men. Crash! boomed a gun on the Berwick. 
The Saxonia heaved a depth bomb just in advance of several ships. 
The Malvernia, sailing nearly abreast the Port Lincoln, let drive her 
stern gun, evidently at a porpoise. The centre of interest, however, 
had left the distant destroyers, and now was directed to the four hundred 
yards of water which separated the Saxonia from the Berwick. A six 
inch shell from the Berwick exploded just off the Saxonia's starboard 
bow, throwing up a large column of black smoke. "Full speed ahead" 
was the order. After a short race, the Berwick rounded up its charges 
again, the destroyers one by one took up their assigned places, and the 
convoy sailed on. none the worse for the attack of the two submarines. 



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Both U-boats were seen, and the one which, whether by accident 
or intent, came up in front of the convoy, was thought by many to have 
been sent to the bottom, but the Berwick did not report officially that 
there was one less German submarine to menace commerce. 

ShortlY after the submarine attack the convoy split. The Port 
Lincoln, with six other troop ships, made for Liverpool, the rest sailing 
for other English ports. The first streaks of light on the 31st showed 
the low lying Irish coast. Before the sun was two hours high, the ships 
entered the mouth of the Mersey River and shortly after noon, the trans- 
ports were anchored off the labyrinth of docks. Although the Port 
Lincoln did not dock until evening, the hours spent at anchor were full 
of interest. The water-front of Liverpool swarmed with traffic. Little 
ferrv boats, crowded with summer excursionists, passed under the sides 
of the vessels from across the sea. Brighton, across the river from 
Liverpool, was a pleasing contrast to the two weeks on the ocean. The 
never-ending stream of freighters, tugs, trawlers and ships of all kinds, 
also helped to make the hours slip by rapidly. At five o'clock a tug 
fastened onto the Port Lincoln,, and soon the transport was swallowed 
up in a system of canals. The final destination was not reached until 
8:30, the last few hundred yards being marked by long delays. Once 
the ship was finally docked, the debarkation was a matter of only a tew 
minutes. The organizations filed down the gang-plank, forming in a 
large shed. D and E Batteries, under command of Major Hadley, were 
left at the docks to unload the baggage. The rest of the Regiment, 
headed by the band, left the docks a few minutes after nine, bound for 
the Rest Camp at Knotty Ash. The band, as it crashed through the 
narrow streets, brought the population running from every direction. 
The musicians, during the first part of the march through the slums, 
were surrounded by a swarm of men, women and children. One girl 
persisted in carrying the base drum; others danced along arm in arm 
with anyone who would accept the compliment. Through the dock 
district, past the residential district, out into the country, marched the 
Regiment. Full packs, and comparatively no exercise for two weeks, 
were not assets to the hike. The long twilight had faded into a dark 
night before the column cleared the city. 



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The Regiment tramped along rhe country roads wondering whether 
or not Knotty Ash was a myth. The hand played in spite of the dark- 
ness and materially assisted the Regiment to cover the last few miles. 
It was not until 12:45 A. M. that the Regiment passed through the gate 
at Knotty Ash: a tew minutes later everyone was enjoying a much 
deserved rest, housed in numerous round white tents. 

The next day, August i, was spent in recovering from the eight-mile 
march. The rest was especially acceptable to Colonel Craig, who had 
been "christening" a new pair of hoots. 

At noon on the second, Major Hadley, in command of D and E 
Batteries, left tor Winchester. The rest of the Regiment left at 2 P. M. 
The trip across England was without incident, with the possible excep- 
tion ot the mad rush at Birmingham tor coffee and other necessities of 
lite. For a period of ten minutes the Regiment completely took the 
station by storm. The night march from Winchester Station to Camp 
Morn Hill was another long pull. The Camp was situated on the top 
of a very long and steep hill. The one criterion that seemed to govern 
the selection ot all so-called rest camps seemed to be a high hill, sufficiently 
far away from the railroad to make it inaccessible. The Regiment spent 
one day at this camp (where the Lieutenants who had sailed from New 
York rejoined their organizations), and started early on the fourth, for 
Southampton. The short run was soon accomplished, the remainder 
ot the day being spent on the dock. At sunset the 302nd Field Artillerv, 
together with several casual detachments, left Southampton for Le 
Havre, France, on the U. S. Charles, formerly the Boston-New York 
Liner "Harvard." The old Harvard was a welcome contrast to the Port 
Lincoln. It sped across the channel at some 20 knots per hour, success- 
fully avoiding a submarine that was operating in its path. 

The first glimpses of Le Havre were greeted with great interest. 
Every available space on deck was crowded with men eager to see Prance. 
The red-rooted houses, strange looking boats, peculiar dress of the labor- 
ers, sky blue uniforms ot the tew soldiers who wandered about the water- 
front, the tri-color — here at last was France, the country of the war, 
the battlefield ot the world. How strange it was to think of the thousands 
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had changed. The New World was now coming to save the old. Count- 
less thoughts passed through the thousand minds of the Regiment, but 
the one main theme that outweighed all others said "Here we are in 
France." 'This is really France, the Home of the War." The first 
glimpse of England had aroused enthusiasm, but the first glimpse of 
France carried with it something deeper; an undefinable something; 
a combination of awe, wonder, curiosity, and heart-felt enthusiasm. 

The Regiment was greeted with cheers as it marched through Le 
Havre. The band, as usual, was a great cause of delight to hundreds 
ot little children whose fascination led them to follow the music for 
blocks. On the outskirts of the city the road began to wind upwards. 
The Rest Camp at Le Havre was no exception to the rule; like all the 
others it was on top of a hill. The Regiment halted in a little town half 
way up the hill. During the rest, the Mayor of the Town addressed 
Colonel Craig, expressing his delight at our presence, and welcoming 
the Colonel and his Regiment to France. His speech, delivered in very 
eloquent and correspondingly rapid French, was entirely lost on the 
Colonel, but upon the receipt of a large bouquet of flowers at the end of 
the oration, the significance of the ceremony dawned upon the Colonel, 
who responded fittingly; called the Regiment to attention, and had the 
band play the national airs of America and France. The band's first 
public attempt at the "Marseillaise" was not entirely up to the standard 
of its usual performances. The ceremony, however, was considered a 
success, and the Regiment continued its hot climb. 

Camp No. i was the name given to rows of conical tents with wooden 
floors pitched in the mud. A high barbed-wire fence completely surround- 
ing the camp did not add to its home-like appearance. Before the organ- 
izations were assigned to their respective rows of tents instructions 
regarding precautions to be taken in case of an air raid were given out 
by the British captain in charge of the camp. Shortly after noon the 
rain began and continued throughout the night; many of the tents leaked 
and, before the night was over, an air raid would have been a very wel- 
come diversion to the majority of the soaked inmates. 

Much to the pleasure of the command, the stay at Camp No. i was 
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and marched down the hill again into Le Havre, finally halting in the 
railroad yard. The train assigned for its use was already made up. To 
a Regiment fresh from the United States, full of vivid memories of how- 
troops generally travel at home, the sight of a French troop-train filled 
the minds of all concerned with varied thoughts; thoughts on the whole 
not complimentary to the train. For any one who has not seen the 
French freight car "a large packing box on wheels" is the best descrip- 
tion. The words, "Hommes 40, Chevaux 8" painted on the side of 
each car, brought forth a chorus of barnyard cries from the lines of men 
waiting to board. A train made up of similar cars, loaded with cattle, 
that happened to pass just then, added greatly to the din. 'Thirty 
men to each car," was the order. The divisions were soon made, bread 
and canned stuff loaded into each car, the men climbed into their rolling 
homes, and after a short delay the long train, with several jerks, started 
on its journey for Bordeaux, the destination of the Regiment. The 
novelty of riding in a freight car soon wore off" and the men settled them- 
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intervals the train stopped, coffee was served, and an opportunity tor 
washing offered. As the route followed was continually used by Ameri- 
can troop trains, the population of the towns along the way did not show 
any unusual excitement at the sight ot another train-load of soldiers 
from across the sea. In tact, many ot the towns had United States 
troops billeted in them. The country between Le Havre and Bordeaux 
does not offer many interesting features, and with the exception ot being 
crowded and bounced about for two days, the journey was not marked 
by any important events. 

Bordeaux was reached on the morning of the 8th. For several hours 
while nearing the city, the country, as far as the eye could see, was one 
vast vineyard. After some delay in the station, the train started off 
again. It was only a matter ot twenty minutes before the train finally 
backed onto a siding at Cadijauc. The news spread very rapidly that 
the Regiment was about to experience its first taste ot billet life. It 
was a short march to Villenave d'Ornon, where the Headquarters Com- 
pany was detached and sent to its billets. The rest of the Regiment 
continued on to Pont de la Maye, some two miles away, where the 
organizations separated, each marching to its respective billets. 

The billets on the whole were excellent. Headquarters Company 
camped on the lawn of a beautiful chateau. A nearby grove proved 
a pleasing spot to pass away idle hours. Colonel Craig made his head- 
quarters at Villenave d'Ornon. The batteries for the most part also 
occupied the premises of chateaus. The Supply Company, on the 
other hand, was not so fortunate, being housed in an old church, which 
in latter years had been used as a theatre. The surrounding country 
was ideal. Vineyards on every hand, with numerous shade trees, made 
an extremely picturesque setting for the many chateaus. 

Billet life was a strange and new experience for every member of 
the Regiment; and as strange for the Colonel, living in the midst ot a 
large French family, as it was for any member of his regiment. Both 
officers and men had abundant opportunities to improve their slight 
knowledge of French. The Regiment led a much more disjointed life 
than when it was quartered in a single cantonment; each battery or 
company, for all practical purposes, acting as a separate unit. 



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Upon arriving at Bordeaux, the Regiment found that its status had 
again heen changed. This time it was to organize as a motorized "4.7" 
rifle regiment, with three battalions, instead of two as heretofore. Within 
a very few days, twenty-four "4.7" rifles arrived and the Regiment 
started to master the construction and operation ot its new materiel. 
Fourteen Quad trucks were delivered soon after the guns. The Regi- 
ment remained in Pont de la Maye until it moved to Camp de Souge 
(14 kilometres from Bordeaux) on September 5. During the month, 
before moving into the training camp, the men were given thorough 
instruction in their new gun, much attention also being directed to train- 
ing additional truck drivers. 

The advance school detachment which had preceded the Regiment 
from America, after attending a two weeks course at Yaldehon, had 
been ordered to Camp de Souge. On August 12 an additional number 
of officers and men were sent to Souge to take an advance course, making 
a total detachment of 33 officers and 212 men. The course of instruc- 
tion covered radio, telephone, orientation, machine gun, materiel, and 
lectures on general artillery subjects. As may be seen from the above 
list, the courses were chiefly designed to train specialists and were suc- 
cessful in this respect. 

There were only a few incidents that marked the period until the 
entire Regiment entered upon its course of instruction. On August 11, 
Lieutenant-Colonel E. R. Warner McCabe reported for duty, immediately 
making his presence felt throughout the command. On August 29 and 
September 5 the Regiment took part in reviews, held under the direc- 
tion of General McNair at Gradignan and Leognan respectively. A few 
officers and men were sent away to gas schools, while Lieutenants Kidder 
and Stanton spent three weeks at the front, studying the artillery infor- 
mation service under the French. On the whole, the first month in France, 
although not actually spent in a training camp, was very profitable to 
the Regiment, and, besides the actual artillery knowledge gained, the 
majority of men had ample opportunity to accustom themselves to the 
ways ot France. 

On September 5, one month to a day after arriving in France, The 
Regiment left its comfortable billets and moved to Camp de Souge. 



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A large number of trucks pulled the guns, also providing a means of 
transportation tor the men. The long line of trucks, guns and caissons 
loaded down with men, trundled into camp late in the afternoon. The 
area just east of the Field Artillery School buildings was assigned to the 
Regiment, the materiel being parked between the barracks and the 
school. The barracks were long single story wooden or brick buildings, 
with cement floors. Rows of double decked bunks lined the walls. The 
windows were of cloth instead of glass. Each barrack was capable of 
holding eighty men. The officers occupied quarters near the main gate, 
nearly three-quarters of a mile from the rest of the Regiment. 

The change from the vineyards of Pont de la Maye to Camp de 
Souge was so violent that it took several hours before the Regiment 
could sufficiently recover from the initial shock to really appreciate its 
new surroundings; countless barracks finally fading from sight in the 
heat waves of a veritable desert. Sand without end; dust, great clouds 
of dust sweeping along like miniature tornadoes. The road was filled 
with a never-ending stream of men, horses, guns, wagons, caissons, trucks, 
and automobiles. The continual roar of guns on the range added to 
the confused mass of impressions that crowded the mind during the first 
few days; and the flies, myriads of them! They sprang out of the sand 
by thousands. The kitchens, mess halls, stables, and barracks were 
black with flies. The water, too, was bad, and, if drunk in large quanti- 
ties, guaranteed a mild form of dysentery. Wagons loaded with dead 
horses continually passed along the dusty roads. Here and there a few 
infant trees struggled for existence. A pine forest bordered the camp 
on the east and north, while at the other end of the camp the range, a 
flat brushy waste, stretched out of sight. The row of tribunes, roofed 
platforms raised on a skeleton of timbers, afforded the only means of 
observation over the sea of sand. Three sausage balloons floated over 
the Balloon School; objects of curiosity at first, but soon considered a 
part of Camp de Souge scenery. Fort Sill or any of the main posts along 
the Rio Grande were oases compared with Camp de Souge. It was 
in this atmosphere of sand, flies, and heat that the Regiment began its 
final weeks of training before taking its place on the line. 

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charge over the Regiment during its four weeks course. Target practice 
began on September 10 and continued daily until the final barrage. 
Either the morning or afternoon was devoted to work on the range, while 
the other hah of the day was taken up by lectures and classes in vari- 
ous subjects. The advanced detachment finished its work shortly after 
the arrival of the Regiment and attended the general course. The 
evenings were also given over to lectures at which all of the officers were 
present. During the first two weeks ot the course, the daily life of an 
officer was one continual rush to and from classes, out to the range, back 
again for gas drill, rushing to luncheon and rushing away from dinner. 
The evenings without lectures were greeted as holidays. The adminis- 
tration of the organizations was left entirely in the hands ot the sergeants. 
Long truck rides out to O. P. 6 and O. P. 7; the continual roar of the guns, 
75 >s > I 55' s an d 4-7's; targets impossible to see, intersections and resec- 
tions with Pin Repere, Pyronee Poplar, and Pilon Canteen as goededic 
points, problems with airplanes, balloon problems, lateral observation, 
map firing, telephone systems, faulty ammunition, continual criticism 
by the instructors, hours spent with the compass goniometer and plane 
table, and countless other things crowded themselves into those four 
weeks in such rapid succession that it was impossible to keep track of 
the day's work, much less the passage of time in general. The day for 
the final barrage arrived before many ot the officers and men had suffi- 
ciently recovered from the whirl of events to realize that they were 
actually attending a school. 

At two minutes of eight on the morning of October 5 all the guns 
were laid and ready to open fire on their objectives. On the firing line, 
together with the 302nd Field Artillery, were the 347th, also equipped 
with 4.7's; and the 301st and 346th, two 75 regiments. The ninety- 
six guns stretched out of sight along the flat plain. At the tick of eight 
a yellowish-green flash spurted along the line ot tribunes, followed by a 
stupendous crash; a black line of smoke burst into being along the first 
objective. The 75's, for the first five minutes, barked away at 6 shots 
per gun per minute, the 4.7's firing at the slower rate of two shots per 
minute. For twenty minutes the roar was continuous, the black mass 
of smoke creeping slowly out across the range. At eight-twenty the 




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roar broke off as abruptly as it had commenced. This barrage, which 
marked the conclusion ot the Brigade's course ot instruction, was an 
excellent piece ot work. 

Before leaving the subject of the final weeks ot training it is neces- 
sary to mention the two day manoeuvre which commenced October 10. 
The Regiment went into position during the night, opening fire early 
the next morning. The firing continued at spasmodic intervals through- 
out the next twenty-four hours. The manoeuvre was an excellent experi- 
ence. During those two days the Regiment accomplished more towards 
fitting itself for work at the front than in any other two weeks of its 
former training. The 302nd worked in conjunction with the three other 
regiments with which it had fired the barrage. When the final message 
came over the telephone to "Close Station" everyone had a thorough 
feeling of satisfaction. Something had actually been accomplished. 
Numerous difficulties had been successfully overcome and officers and 
men were looking forward with confidence to overcoming like difficul- 
ties, but under conditions ot actual war. 

The remaining days spent at Souge were an anti-climax. The Regi- 
ment was ready after the night manoeuvre, and the work that came after 
this did not increase the efficiency of the organization to any appreciable 
degree. A tew minor details were smoothed out, but on the whole, the 
period from then until the Regiment left for the front, may be charac- 
terized as days of waiting. 

Besides the actual training undergone at Souge there were other 
events that stand out as prominent mile stones along the road that led 
the Regiment to the front. First is the matter of equipment. The week 
after the regular course of instruction was completed found the Regiment 
excellently equipped. The congenial methods employed by Captain 
Hollister, in his ceaseless hunt tor necessities of all sorts, had brought 
forth their well deserved results. Twenty-four ten-ton Holt tractors, 
forty trucks, ten Dodge motor cars, six White observation and recon- 
naissance cars, and twelve motor-cycle side cars comprised the regimen- 
tal transportation, amply sufficient to meet any ordinary needs. The 
batteries and Headquarters Company were completely equipped with 
fire control instruments. The supply ot signal property on hand also 




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met the requirements, every organization being especially fortunate in 
its comparatively large number ot telephones. In regard to personal 
equipment, every man had the designated articles ot clothing. Shortlv 
before leaving Souge, rifles were issued to the organizations. This 
being the first time the Regiment had been equipped with small arms 
considerable time was devoted to the manual ot arms and target practice. 
The only question regarding the equipment that troubled the Regiment 
on the eve of departure, was that of ammunition. From all available 
reports no shells for the 4.7 had arrived in France, though the supply 
of shrapnel was sufficient to meet the demands ot two regiments on the 
line. In passing, it may be said that the 302nd Field Artillery went to 
the front much better equipped than the average regiment. 

Anti-gas training was another subject that occupied considerable 
time during the latent weeks before departure. Although the Regiment 
passed through the gas chamber on September 26, the instruction in 
this subject continued throughout the entire stay at Souge. Lieutenant 
Pollard, the regimental gas officer, was ably assisted in this work by the 
officers and non-commissioned officers who had attended gas school. 

The Regiment had changed its official position several times while 
at Souge; the final disposition found it brigaded with the 303rd Field 
Artillery, designated as the 151st Brigade and assigned as Corps Artillery. 
The 76th Division had long since faded into oblivion, as a replacement 
division. The 301st Field Artillery, a tellow regiment at Camp Devens, 
found itself brigaded with the 346th Field Artillery and designated as 
Army Artillery. 

It was also during this period betore leaving Souge, that the first 
and only issue of The Rammerstaff, the Regimental paper, made its 
appearance. The paper was brought out under the guidance ot Corporal 
Lane of Headquarters Company and, although short lived, proved a 
great success. 

The most important and vital event that happened to the Regiment 
during its entire training in France was the loss ot Colonel Craig. The 
loss of General McNair by promotion had been a great disappointment 
to the command, but upon the news that Colonel Craig was no longer 
Commanding Officer, the feeling was that ot heart-telt regret and sorrow. 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 69 

The Regiment sorrowed at its own loss, but naturally, at the same time, 
telt proud and honored that its Colonel should be selected tor promotion. 
Throughout the year that Colonel Craig was with the Regiment he held 
the esteem and highest respect of every man and officer. Although he 
himself was no longer a part of the Regiment, his personality had planted 
itself st) strongly in the minds of all, that his desires and wishes still 
remained as a background upon which the command acted during the 
following months. 

Upon the promotion of Colonel Craig, the command of the Regiment 
tell to Lieutenant Colonel McCabe, the Brigade being under the com- 
mand of Brigadier-General Richmond P. Davis. His initial speech to 
the officers of the Regiment made a lasting impression. 

No account of the stay at Souge is complete without recalling the 
epidemic of Spanish Influenza. Until the end of September the Regi- 
ment had been remarkably fortunate in its few cases. The disease, 
however, once started, descended upon the huge artillery camp with 
great Yiolence; but, even while it ran wild in the neighboring organ- 
izations, the 302nd Field Artillery still kept up its remarkably small 
sick report until the first of October, when the number of sick began to 
increase with leaps and bounds. Influenza had arrived in force. Wet, 
damp days aided the disease in its ravages. On October § the Regiment 
went into quarantine. By the 10th there were one hundred and thirty 
cases in the hospital, E Battery leading with twenty-nine men marked 
"sick in hospital." The dread of the sickness spread throughout every 
organization. The question "Who will be next?" was uppermost in 
everyone's mind. Funerals soon began, the band having nearly a daily 
march to the cemetery. 

The plot chosen tor the cemetery, a small clearing along the road to 
Martignas, saw large gatherings every afternoon. As many as ten funer- 
als were held in a single day. When the Regiment arrived at Souge 
there were three crosses within the white fence, but when the Regiment 
left, there were one hundred and fifty-two. It was a gloomy story, with 
Spanish Influenza as the chief character. Fortune, however, continued 
to favor the Regiment in the comparatively few number of deaths. 
Major Sinks deserves great praise tor his excellent judgment in handling 



■JO THE STORY OF THE 3<D2ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

the situation. On the day of departure, eighty-nine men were still in 
the hospital, while seven had already made the supreme sacrifice. 

The only other event of importance connected with Souge was the 
arrival of 2^9 replacements on the i _ th of October; men from all sections 
of the country from Maine to Florida, and with very little military train- 
ing. After a week of preliminary instruction they were assimilated into 
the organizations. Before the completion of the course, sixteen Second 
Lieutenants from the artillery school at Saumur joined the Regiment, 
and several were assigned permanently, the others only temporarily. 

The days of waiting, caused by lack of transportation and congestion 
back of the front, were ended by the arrival of orders designating Octo- 
ber 29 as the day ot departure. 



Headquarters, Base Section No. . 
Services of Supply 
A. E. F., France. 

October 27th, 191 8. 

special orders. 

No. 299. 

extract 

Par. 23. Pursuant to telegraphic instructions, Headquarters, S. O. S., Special Orders Xo. 285, Par. 18, 

dated Oct. 13th, 191 8, these Headquarters, is hereby modified as follows: 

"The 302nd Field Artillery Regiment, now at Camp de Souge (Gironde) will proceed, by rail, 
to the Second Army via St. Dizier 1 Haute Marnei tor duty as Corps Artillery, except the motor 
cars and motor trucks of this regiment, which will proceed overland. 

Cpon arrival at St. Dizier, the Commanding Officer of this organization will report to the 
Regulating Officer at that point for information as to ultimate destination. 

Those elements proceeding by rail will take with them two days field rations and the Quarter- 
master Corps will furnish travel rations sufficient for four days travel and will pay liquid coffee 
money tor a like period. 

Those elements proceeding overland, including such detachments of brigade headquarters 
as mav be designated by Brigade Commander, will take with them eight days field rations and 
draw additional rations from the Quartermaster enroute it required. 

The Medical Department will see that proper medical personnel and supplies are turnishej 
for and accompany this movement." 

By command ot Brigadier-General Connor: 

E. J. Stencer, 
official: Colonel Engineers, 

C. W. Barber, Chief of Staff. 

Colonel Infantry, 
Asst. C. S., G-l. 

The guns, caissons and tractors accompanied the troops, while the 
motor transportation went by road under command ot Major Gammell. 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY ~ I 

The Regiment left from Bonneau on four trains, following the 

schedule below: 



l-t. 


train 


9 P. 


M. 


October -•/ 


R rimental Headquarters 
1 leadquarters Companj 
Battery E 


2nd. 


train 


4 A. 


M. 


Octob 


Batter 1 - 

Supply Company 
Band 


3rd. 


train 


9 A. 


M. 


( October 30 


Battery C 
Batterv I) 


4th. 


train 


3 P- 


M. 


1 >, tob 


Batter) A 

Buttery B 



The departure from Camp de Souge marks the end of the first epoch 
in the Regiment's life. As the last train rumbled away from Bonneau, 
that large first page of its history slowly swung over, tell with a slam, 
burying forever the long period of organization and training. The 
Regiment was on its way to play its part on the front; to perform the 
duties for which it was organized over a year before. 

The year's training had turned a heterogeneous body of men into 
a well disciplined organization. The 302nd Field Artillery rolled along 
on its way to the battle-line, happy, confident, and eager to join the 
fighting army before the great war became history. 

The French troop trains were no longer a novelty. The box cars 
were taken as a matter of course. But unlike the trip from Le Havre, 
there was plenty of room, each man having plenty of space, not only for 
himself, but for his equipment as well. The train followed the main 
line used by the American Army from Bordeaux to the front. Limoges 
was the first city of any importance reached after leaving Bordeaux. 
Chateauroux, Bourges, and Chaumont were left behind in due time. 
At St. Dizier, the main routing point tor troop trains entering the Toul 
and \ erdun sectors, the Regiment received its first impression of that 
territory occupied by the fighting armies. Troop trains, trains filled 
with supplies and munitions, flat cars loaded with guns, wagons, and 
other instruments of war, crowded the sidings at St. Dizier. Huge 
American engines pulling long trains of American freight cars were very 
much in evidence. Long lines of coaches marked with a big red cross 
also waited on some of the sidings. The whole atmosphere was far 
different from that in the S. O. S. At first it gave the impression of con- 



72 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

fusion, but gradually the feeling of tremendous system rolling along at 
top speed supplanted the first hasty ideas. Everywhere the fact was 
evident "The Front is Near." 

From St. Dizier the tour trains were routed to Dugny, a rail head 
about eight kilometers from Verdun. The first train arrived on Novem- 
ber ist, just before sundown. The 3rd and 2nd Battalions also pulled 
in soon after, but the last train, carrying the ist Battalion, did not reach 
Dugny until well into the next night. E Battery and Headquarters 
Company, after unloading, marched to Ancemont, where they spent 
the night. 

The tew glimpses ot the surrounding country gained betore the sun 
went down, gave the members ot these two organizations their first 
impressions of the strange world they had plunged into; a world ot barbed 
wire, trenches, shell holes, ruins, and camouflage, inhabited only by fight- 
ing men. The march to Ancemont and the process ot finding billets 
in the dark also provided many new impressions. "Put out that light!" 
was a new and strange order. The little narrow streets ot a French town 
on a cloudy night can be about as black as any place whether on or under 
the earth, and Ancemont on the night of November first was no excep- 
tion to the rule. The proximity ot a large naval gun, which roared at 
stated intervals during the night, also aided in strengthening the theme 
running through everyone's head, "we are actually at the tront." It is 
an existing fact of human nature that, when entering upon a new form 
of existence, certain things which make a tremendous impression at 
first, are soon considered trivial and matter ot course. This applies 
especially to the first night near the tront. The utter absence ot lights 
and the impenetrable blackness made a vivid impression; an impression 
which was, however, very short-lived, being entirely torgotten atter the 
third or fourth night. It is a matter of getting accustomed to seeing 
in the dark, but that first night at Ancemont the Regiment had yet 
to acquire that very useful habit. 

The second of November saw all the organizations arrive in Rupt- 
en-Woevre, with the exception of the ist Battalion. E Battery also 
had some ot its men billeted in Bouement. Rupt-en-\Yoevre had been 
acquired through the efforts of Lieutenant-Colonel McCabe. It was 




Rl'PT-EN-WoEVRE 







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N. 



74 THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY 

excellently situated as an eschelon for the Regiment, immediately in 
the rear of the sector of the line to be occupied, accessible to the various 
supplies and ammunition dumps, and sufficiently far off the main road 
from St. Mihiel to Verdun to miss the great volume of traffic using this 
important thoroughfare. 

In the advance party with Colonel McCabe were Major Doyle, 
commanding the 2nd Battalion, who had been assigned to the Regiment 
on October 12, Captains Coolidge, Amory, and Claflin, and Lieutenant 
Ravmond, together with several non-commissioned officers. This 
advance party had been working in the sector tor a week, choosing bat- 
talion positions, Command Posts, and in every way possible familiariz- 
ing themselves with the sector to be occupied. The advance party 
made St. Mihiel its headquarters, going out to the front each morning. 

The march of the organization was so regulated that they did not 
reach Rupt until after dark. Headquarters Company had a com- 
paratively easy march, but the 2nd Battalion and Supply Company, 
coming from Dugny, had nearly twenty kilometers of hard road to travel. 
The last half of the hike was made at night, a dark misty night, over 
muddv roads, with heavy packs, and the usual night traffic; the most 
dangerous tvpe being the huge French Camion which sways along through 
the dark with no lights, keeping on the road by sheer force of habit — 
nothing else. The twenty kilometers were rude reminders that the quiet 
life of training was over. 

The organizations tramped into their new home dog-tired, a few a 
bit shaky, but all ready to go further if it was necessary. The men 
were immediately shown to their respective billets. There was no desire 
to explore the town or the billets that night; the occasional rumble of 
artillery was not of the slightest interest; sleep was the only thing in 
demand, where, did n't matter, as long as there was space to lie down. 

The materiel of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions reached Rupt the night 
of November 2nd, E and F Batteries parking their guns and tractors 
in the woods back of the town, while C and D secured their materiel 
from aerial observation in the buildings of the Amblonville Farm, two 
kilometers northeast of Rupt. The guns of E Battery, as they turned 
off the main Verdun road at Genicourt, were greeted by six shells from a 







M\ 






IN 

l\ PI 



Regimental 
Hkadi;i utters 




Ri 



76 THE STORY OF THE 302XD FIELD ARTILLERY 

long range gun. Although the shells struck very close, they did no 
damage, except tor throwing a bit of mud on Lieutenant Scott's uniform. 
The whine ot the shells as they passed along on their journey had a 
remarkable effect on the morale ot the band, which had marched from 
Dugny and had almost despaired of ever reaching Rupt. The shelling 
gave new life to several ot the stragglers who had fallen out near the 
cross roads. 

By midnight, Rupt, lying a black mass ot billets and deep shadows, 
had completely swallowed up the arriving organizations. No one stirred 
on the dark streets except a few sentries. Not a light or a sound betrayed 
the presence ot nearly one thousand men. The rats, however, as they 
carried on their nightly manoeuvres, found many strange objects to hinder 
their journeys, but to the rats ot Rupt, new and strange objects were 
interesting — not alarming. 

With the coming ot morning, interest and curiosity gained the upper 
hand in the minds ot all. Cow sheds, lofts, halls, cellars, and rooms of 
every description emptied their tenants of the night into the streets. 
Sleep had had its inning. The men tried first to grasp the features of 
their immediate surroundings, and then there followed a general tour of 
inspection of the town. 

There was nothing exceptional about the little town ot Rupt-en- 
Woevre, except that it had never been occupied by the troops of the 
Emperor. Very few ot its brothers and sisters scattered throughout 
the battle area could say the same for themselves. Within the range of 
the enemy's guns tor over tour years, and still offering comfortable billets, 
was another condition decidedly in its favor. Its hundred or more stone 
houses, clustered together as if for mutual support, had offered the only 
habitation tor the occupants ot the valley in which it lay. Close lying 
lines ot hills had protected it from the elements for over a hundred and 
fifty years, and had been especially helpful during the last four years of 
its existence, acting as a shield against direct observation from the German 
lines. Notwithstanding its comparatively favorable location, many 
Boche shells had wrought havoc in the town, and aerial bombs had also 
added to the destruction. Gaping holes in many of the walls and roots 
told their tales of well directed shots, while here and there whole build- 




Billets 




" Main Street," Ript-en-Woevre 




The Grave Yard 



78 THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY 

ings had been turned into crumpled masses of stone and mortar. A 
single wall or arch here and there were reminders ot the houses that had 
stood before the war. The destruction, however, had not been general. 
The Mairie and Church, the two most conspicuous buildings, remained 
practically unhurt, and throughout the town were plenty ot houses which 
offered good billets. In some cases tour years of neglect had caused 
almost as much delapidation as the German shell fire, and the continual 
presence of troops had in no way aided in the preservation ot either 
buildings or furniture. The civilian population fled in the Fall of 1914, 
the Priest and the Mayor alone remaining. The grave yard at the out- 
skirts of the town, with its several hundred crosses, testified that Rupt 
had not by any means acted the role ot a silent partner in the events 
enacted within a few kilometers. The many rows of crosses, with their 
red, white and blue markers of tin, told the long story of French occupa- 
tion, while the three rows of brown crosses with their little tin American 
flags told the same kind of story, but shorter, and about a different nation. 
The two last crosses bore the regimental designation of the 302nd Field 
Artillery. 

Such was the little town of Rupt, battered by tour years of war, 
but still ready to do all that it could to aid in the defeat ot the enemy 
who had not only driven off all of its former inhabitants, but also laid 
waste its surroundings. As one stood on the hill back of the little town 
and looked up and down the valley, there was not a single sign ot civiliza- 
tion; the idle fields lay gray and weather-beaten. The bands ot barbed 
wire, and systems of trenches which zig-zagged across hill and valley, 
were the only recent signs of the work ot man; a wilderness in one respect, 
but the frontier of Civilization in another. 

During the morning of the 3d, while the majority of the Regiment 
were acquainting themselves with their surroundings, the 1st. Battalion, 
under Captain Edwards, pulled into Rupt. Regimental Headquarters 
had already been established in the largest and best preserved house in 
the town. Majors Doyle and Hadley, with their details, made the 
final reconnaissance of their future positions. Many other details were 
attended to by the officers and men whom they concerned. The question 
of communications, supply of provisions, ammunition, camouflage, 




\ Battery of 4.' 




Panorama Rupt-en-Woevre 




I I '- 1 'IS 1 I'Jl.l 'I KAl IOR 



80 THE STORY OF THE JOIND FIELD ARTILLERY 

building material and gasoline were things that had to be assured before 
the regiment could hold its place on the line as a fighting unit. 

The night ot the 3rd saw the guns ot the 2nd Battalion moved into 
position. It was only a short haul rrom Amblonville Farm to the posi- 
tions of C and D Batteries, C on the left, and D on the right of the road 
running east from Rupt, and some two hundred yards rrom the Grande 
Tranchee. Both positions were located in the forest, there being suffi- 
cient dugouts to furnish the necessary protection for the personnel. 
The process of getting the guns into position was not marred by any more 
difficulties than generally accompany such an undertaking, moving into 
a new position at night always requiring the overcoming of many diffi- 
culties. Before daylight the eight guns ot the 2nd Battalion were con- 
cealed under their camouflage nets, and laici on objectives within the 
enemy's lines. 

During the next day the 1st and 3rd Battalions made the final 
preparations for occupying their positions, the 1st Battalion going into 
the wooded ridge west ot Les Eparges, while the 3rd took the more 
advanced position on the ridge west ot St. Remy. A detail, with Lieu- 
tenant Kidder and Lieutenant Smith, occupied the Regimental Command 
Post, and the work ot stringing the many telephone lines was well under 
way before darkness put a stop to further progress. The Regimental 
Command Post, established in an old German position on the road con- 
necting the Grande Tranchee and St. Remy, was given the code name 
of P. C. Coolidge. 

The Regiment was not entirely in position until the morning ot the 
8th, a heavy gas attack on the 3rd Battalion position on the night ot the 
<;th delaying the movement ot the 3rd Battalion guns from Rupt. The 
position, however, was already occupied by the personnel, who were 
constructing the gun pits and shelters. During the night over three 
thousand gas shells fell in the vicinity, the excellent gas discipline ot the 
two batteries, however, preventing any serious casualities. 

The telephone details worked incessantly during their preliminary 
period: lines were completed from P. C. Coolidge to the three Battalions, 
and intersecting lines laid; observation posts were established, and 
communication with Rupt was obtained through a direct line, as well as 




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82 THE STORY OF THE /J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

by connecting with the Signal Corps system. Nearly forty miles ot wire 
were in operation by the morning ot the 7th, an accomplishment which 
deserves due praise to the men who were occupied on this work. The 
service ot supply was assured by the arrival on November 6 of the truck 
convoy, Major Gammell having joined the day before with the majority 
of the touring cars. 

Although the Regiment as a unit was not completely in position 
until the morning of the 8th, the 2nd Battalion fired the first shot of the 
Regiment at the Hun on the tick of midnight, November 6. 

General Davis, together with several members of his staff, arrived 
at the 2nd Battalion positions shortly after eleven o'clock. Colonel 
Piatt, who had just assumed command of the Regiment, was taken out 
to the positions by Lieutenant-Colonel McCabe. Major Doyle, Captain 
Coolidge, and Captain Streeter ot the Medical Corps were also among 
the little group of officers who gathered back of Number 1, of C Battery. 

The guns had been laid before the party arrived. The tour muzzles 
stared into the eastern sky; the little slits ot light on the aiming stakes 
winked occasionally at the big steel machine which they were directing; 
the time had come. Captain Byles stepped into the gun-pit and pulled 
the lanyard. There was a flash, followed by a roar, and the projectile 
rushed off upon its errand. The first shot of the Regiment was on its 
way; the first shot, not only of the Regiment, but the first shot ever 
fired at the Germans by American-made Field Artillery. 

The few days which passed until the afternoon ot the 10th were not 
unusual, as tar as days go on the front. The working day at the front 
was made up of twenty-four hours, the night being by tar the more active. 

When the roads became sufficiently dark, the trucks would leave 
Rupt loaded with supplies for the various batteries. The roads .were 
dark, rough, slippery, and dangerous, but the excellent work of the 
drivers always brought them back in Rupt before daylight. 

The truck driver, as he left Rupt for the 3rd Battalion, had before 
him a night's work, the accomplishment ot which deserves the utmost 
credit. As he rumbled out from the black shadows ot Rupt only a few 
feet ot the road were visible, a grayish streak soon lost in the black wall 
of the night. The constant rains and fog made the surface like glass; 



MOUILLY 





Up the Valley 

towards the 
Grande Tranchee 



The Old 

German 

Front 

1 .1 N E 





The Road 
Down to 
the Valley 



'jAjfMm 







84 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

numerous chuck holes, filled with water, appeared harmless in the dark. 
Slowly the truck bounced along, took the right hand turn before reaching 
Amblonville Farm, and, slipping and sliding, now on this side and now 
on that, finally rolled into the black street of Mouilly. The skeleton 
walls resounded with the throbs of the engine; the M. P.'s whistle on 
the cross roads signalled a clear track; up the valley towards the Grande 
Tranchee the road became a mass of bumps, ruts, and shell holes; the 
blasted forest lifted its skeleton arms towards the forbidding sky. A 60 
centimeter train wheezed along the wooded ridge. The little engine 
strained under its load of" provisions and ammunition. At the Grande 
Tranchee a string of ammunition carts blocked further progress for 
several minutes. The steaming horses, as they loomed out of the mist, 
floundered and splashed through the shell holes on the cross roads. The 
truck driver, in his eagerness to cross before another midnight caravan 
delayed him, stalled his engine. Before his assistant could turn the 
heavy crank, a company of machine gunners poured up the Grande 
Tranchee, evidently having just been relieved. The ears of the pack 
mules flapped lazily with every step, a pleasing diversion in the gliding 
line of shadowy men and animals. The way clear, over the Grande 
Tranchee and towards St. Remy bounced the truck. The masses of 
barbed wire, once protecting the German front line, assumed peculiar 
contortions in the night mist. The flash of a nearby gun revealed for 
an instant the devastated front line. As the truck strained over the 
narrow gauge, the driver instinctly looked up as the shrill whine of a 
German shell announced trouble for the cross roads; a flash, immediately 
followed by a crash, announced the arrival of the 77 mm. shell. A negro, 
a member of some labor battalion who was out for his nightly stroll, 
decided that the ditch was much safer than the road. Several more 
shells whined over the truck before it reached P. C. Coolidge. 

A short stop at P. C. Coolidge to deposit rations was a pleasing 
relaxation, but the night was none too long for the round trip, and un- 
avoidable delays were liable to occur. The down grade into St. Remy 
was slippery, the heavy truck persistently sliding into the ditch. When 
half of the slippery descent had been left behind, the driver stoppeci his 
truck and listened. Out of the black valley came the moaning of a 



THE STORY OF THE ^OZND FIELD ARTILLERY S5 

sirene; a weird sound, and a sound full of meaning; above the sirene 
wobbled the gas shells, the dull puff as they struck the ground in St. 
Remy barely audible; other gas alarms took up the warning; the valley 
resounded with numerous clankings and shrieks. The driver stopped 
his engine and settled down for a wait until the Huns decided that they 
had thrown enough gas into St. Remy. Nearly an hour went by before 
an infantryman coming back from the line announced that the gas had 
dispersed. Numerous wagons, trucks, and carts had halted back of the 
truck. The driver proceeded down the remainder of the hill, through 
the ruined St. Remy, where the odor of gas was still in the air, and up 
the rut-lined road which climbs the last row of hills bordering the plain. 
It was past midnight when the driver backed his truck up to the 3rd 
Battalion dump. The waiting detail soon unloaded the next day's 
supplies, and the driver and his assistant sat and listened to the rumblings 
of the never ending battle line as they waited for various papers which 
were to be taken back to Rupt. There were a few seconds of absolute 
quiet, and then there came a faint murmur from far to the north. Some 
battery near Verdun was worrying the Hun. After another second of 
absolute stillness — "whine — bang!" — and the Germans had started 
to harass another portion of the night's traffic. Ten or a dozen shells 
moaned through the air. As the listeners waited for the high pitched 
whine of the next shell a nearby 75 mm. battery barked away for a few 
minutes. The last shell rushed out of hearing and the stillness again 
became master, only to be broken by the patter of a distant machine gun. 
Flashes stabbed the darkness, resembling a huge electric car system on a 
rainy night. The heavy reports of a 155 mm. battery made the 75's 
seem insignificant. The buzz of several airplanes, on their way to bomb 
some back area, throbbed down from the heavens. The two men were 
straining their eyes in a vain attempt to see the night bombers, when a 
messenger brought the expected papers, and the start of the journey 
back to Rupt stopped any further listening to the nervous rumblings 
of the front. 

The seven miles of mud-soaked road still lay before the laboring 
truck before it could call its night's work over. The return trip found 
the roads just as slippery, the holes just as big, and the night just as dark. 



86 THE STORY OF THE 302XD FIELD ARTILLERY 

As the first streaks of gray were breaking through the mist, the driver 
backed his truck under a shed, took a last look at his mud-bespattered 
F. W. D., and went away to catch a few hours of sleep. Such rides were 
nightly occurrences for the truck drivers, and the greatest credit is due 
the men who handled the transportation during the sojourn at the front. 

During the hours that the truck drivers were creeping laboriously 
over the slimy roads, the gunners, at stated intervals, were directing their 
shells at targets within the enemy's lines. The fire carried on by the 
Regiment was entirely of a harassing nature. In the early hours of 
November 9 the Regiment took part in its first operation with other 
troops. The 33rd Division, which was holding the line in front of the 
regimental sector, staged a raid into the Woevre Plain. The operation 
was successful, the raid being directed against St. Hilaire. 

The following orders were issued in connection with the operation: 

Headquarters icist Field Artillerv Brigade 

American Expeditionary Forces 

France 

memorandum: November 8, 1918. 

No. 8. To C. O, 302nd F. A. 

1. Available guns will deliver harassing fire on night November 8-9, beginning at 24 hours and ending 
not later than 3 hours, on the following targets: 

Maizeray 

Pintheville-Pareid Road 
Pintheville-Maizeray Road 
Butgneville and St. Hilaire 
The latter very important. 

2. Ammunition may be used up to the amount of daily authorized expenditure. 

3. This fire will be as an aid to an action in the nature of a raid, to take place in the region of St. 
Hilaire and Butgneville. 

4. Between 5 and 6 hours, November 9, at intervals, there will be considerable concentrated fire delivered 
on Pintheville. 

By Command of Brigadier General Davis: 
Parton Swift, 
PSA/PJD Major, Field Artillery, 

Adjutant. 

Headquarters 151ST Field Artillery Brigade 

American Expeditionary Forces 

France 

memorandum: November 9, 1 91 8 . 

No. 12. For Regimental Commanders. 

I. The Brigade Commander announced with much pleasure that the Divisional Commander of the 33rd 
Division expressed extreme satisfaction at the excellent results of last night's fire. 

By Command of Brigadier General Davis: 
Parton Swift, 
RPD/PID Major, Field Artillery, 

Adjutant. 



Th i. 

M KIN 

Street 

in 

I 

Eparges 





The Valley 

IN WHICH 
LAY 

St. Rem. 



The Valley 
Looking 
Toward 
Crater Hii.i. 




88 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

The life at the eschelon was comparatively quiet with one exception. 
On the night of the 5th, just before midnight, the inmates of Rupt were 
awakened by "Fire Call." The warning notes of the bugle brought 
everyone into the streets with a rush. The cause of the alarm was only 
too evident. A large shed and loft, used by the Supply Company as a 
store house, was a mass of flames. Great clouds of flame and smoke 
hurdled into the air, and muffled explosions told their tale of gasoline. 
Nearly one thousand gallons of gasoline were feeding the fire that had 
already gained tremendous headway. Everything possible was removed 
from the adjacent buildings. The crackle of small arms ammunition 
rose above the roar of the flames and exploding barrels of gasoline. The 
town became brilliantly illuminated, the low lying clouds reflecting the 
flow. When the fire was at its height, the hum of an airplane announced 
the presence of an undesirable visitor. Whether friend or enemy, no 
one knew, but after circling the town several times, the night flier dis- 
appeared. Everyone expected momentarily the commencement of a 
bombardment, but the Huns were evidently engaged in other directions. 
The fire finally died a natural death, and, upon examining the ruins, the 
charred body of a man lay smouldering in the debris. The fire had 
destroyed a large quantity of supplies, together with nearly all of the 
records of the Supply Company. 

By the 10th of November, the Regiment had completely established 
itself on the line, and had become familiar with its sector. The line of 
hills bordering the Woevre Plain, the valley in which lay St. Remy, Les 
Eparges and Mesnil, and the wooded hills to the east, had all been explored. 
The Grande Tranchee, running through the forest in a north and south 
direction, was a familiar thoroughfare. The favorite points at which 
the opposing Germans directed their fire were soon learned by everyone 
who travelled the roads. Visits were exchanged with the neighboring 
batteries, and with the infantry. The continual presence of airplanes 
during the day no longer attracted attention. The white and black 
puff's, dotting the sky as some anti-aircraft gun indulged in its favorite 
pastime, no longer were the cause of breathless speculations. The 
regiment had settled down into its new life, and took existing events as 
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9<D THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

The 302nd was by no means the only field artillery in the sector. 
The 114th, 115th, and 1 1 6th Field Artillery regiments had their batteries 
scattered throughout the area. Two French 155 mm. batteries along 
the Grande Tranchee, and two French 75 mm. batteries on the hills east 
of St. Remy, were also active members of that sector. All of the anti- 
aircraft guns in the vicinity were operated by the French. 

The row of hills overlooking the plain, below which ran the German 
lines, offered many excellent positions for observation posts. The 
Regimental Observation Post was established on the end of the Les 
Eparges Crater Hill. The Les Eparges Craters stand as grim reminders 
of the terrific fighting that raged back and forth across that narrow ridge. 
The remains of the front lines, in some places scarcely fifteen yards apart, 
with their masses of protecting wire, and the unbelievable destruction 
wrought by the German mines, mark the site of one of the bloodiest 
battles of the war. 

The three battalions also had small details established along the last 
ridge. All four observation posts were connected with their respective 
units by telephone. The telephone system as a whole served its purpose 
excellently, the main central being at P. C. Coolidge. Each battalion 
and the Regimental Command Posts had radio communication, its chief 
use being to obtain the meteorological data which was sent out from 
Toul every three hours. The radio station could also copy the press 
communiques sent out from the Eiffel Tower, and thus the battalions 
kept in close touch with the operations on the whole front. 

By the 10th of November the official communication showed the 
whole German line, from Verdun to Holland, in retreat. The drive, 
commenced on November 2 by the Americans, northeast of Verdun, 
was carrying everything before it. The First American Army had 
smashed through the Argonne, and, in co-operation with French forces, 
was racing towards Sedan. The French, English and Belgians further 
to the north, were advancing against comparatively little resistance. 
Only that part of the front extending from Verdun to the Alps was sta- 
tionary. The St. Mihiel salient had been straightened out in the middle 
of September, leaving the Americans complete masters of the heights 
overlooking the Woevre Plain. Beyond the broad stretches of the 




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YVoevre lay Conflans, Briey, and Metz. At noon on the loth, the 2nd 
Army began an operation in force, with Conflans and Briey as its immedi- 
ate objectives, its ultimate objective being to swing around Metz from 
the north, and, in conjunction with a French army pushing up from the 
south, to completely cut off the stronghold from communications with 
the Fatherland. The 151st Field Artillery Brigade was attached to the 
2nd French Colonial Corps, which was operating with the Second Ameri- 
can Army in the move against Metz. The 33rd Division held the line 
immediately in front of the 302nd Field Artillery. 

At noon on November 10 the artillery all along the line opened up, 
preparing the way for a raid in force, which was to take place early in 
the afternoon, and to ascertain as correctly as possible the amount of 
opposition to be met with in crossing the Plain. The Germans soon took 
up the challenge, and began shelling roads, towns, and positions along 
the immediate front. A lively artillery duel resulted. At the stated 
hour, the infantry advanced and met very heavy resistance, consisting 
chiefly of machine guns. After overcoming stubborn outposts, the 33rd 
Division entered Manheulles, and pushed the enemy back farther to the 
south. Before dark, a German barrage, followed by a counter attack, 
not only stopped further advance, but also forced the American troops 
to relinquish their gains east of Manheulles. The ground gained in the 
vicinity of St. Hilaire, however, was held intact. As darkness shut down 
the battle developed, and the rattle of machine gun and rifle fire rose 
and fell above the continual rumble of the guns and exploding shells. 
A mist prevented the parties in the observation posts from gaining much 
information. During the night, the Plain took on the aspect of a huge 
Fourth of July celebration. Vivid flashes, rockets, flares, and countless 
spurts of flame, lighted up the fog. 

During the afternoon an order reached P. C. Coolidge assigning the 
two French 155 mm. batteries to the 302nd Field Artillery. The eight 
batteries were designated as the Groupment Piatt. 

It was not until some time after the infantry had attacked that 
P. C. Coolidge could gain any definite information regarding the out- 
come of the operation. The heavy firing told plainly of a concerted 
action, but no accurate information was available. Field Orders Number 










Manhei'lles ,- A German Machine Gun Emplacement that held up our Infantry 




Woevre Plain 



94 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

3 threw some light upon the subject, although the Germans had com- 
menced their counter attack before the order arrived. The raid, which 
started merely as a preparatory reconnaissance, had developed into the 
main attack. 

Headquarters kist Field Artillery Brigade 
American Expeditionary Force, France 
Field Orders: November 10, 1918. 

No. 3. 

1. In the front ot the 33rd Division in this sector and of the 81st Division on its left, the enemy has 
been driven back, and our troops occupy approximately the line Manheulles-Fresnes-Marcheville-St. 
Hilaire-Bois de Warville. The advance is meeting resistance, with strong machine gun fire by the 
enemy. 

2. On the morning of November II, a further attack will be made in a general northeasterly direction, to 
such a depth as may be necessary to maintain contact with the enemy. 

3a. The 303rd F. A. and the Groupement Piatt (consisting of the 302nd F. A. and two French batteries) will 
be prepared to support the attack with accompanying, counterbattery, interdiction or harassing fire on 
objectives to be indicated. 

3b. There will be no firing on points south or west of the line Henxemont-Pareid-Allamont-Brainville 
except on order trom these Hqtrs., or on special request from the intantry transmitted by a regimental 
or higher commander thereof. Fire may be delivered elsewhere upon such order or request, and against 
enemy batteries reported as actually firing upon friendly position, during such fire. 

3c. One officer and necessary enlisted personnel will report at once from each artillery groupement as liaison 
officer to each intantry brigade taking part in the advance. 

Since the precise rate and extent ot the intantry advance are not fixed, the ability ot the artillery to 
support the infantry safely and efficiently depends on liaison. 

Each artillery groupement will secure such telephone communications as are possible with the 
infantry, and will study and take advantage of every possible means of liaison with the Infantry Brigades. 

4. Messages to P. C. Davis, Creue. 

PSA Davis. 

The battalion commanders were immediately notified to make 
reconnaissances tor advance positions, and plans were set on foot to move 
P. C. Coolidge down on the Plain. All available telephone wire was 
collected, but the supply was far below the quantity required to keep up 
communication during advance. 

The arrival of Memorandum Number 15 gave the necessary order 
to move, but the instructions were so general that P. C. Coolidge issued 
additional orders designating the positions to be occupied. 

Headquarters 151st Field Artillery Brigade 
American Expeditionary Forces, France 
memorandum: November 10, 1918. 

No. 15. To Commanding Officer, 302nd Field Artillery. 

1. Put one Battalion on the plain in front of the left in such position as you select. Tresauvaux and 
Saulx seem the natural places. However, you are not confined to these particular places. 

2. Put another Battalion on the move to take its place on the right flank tomorrow. 

3. Keep the 3rd Battalion in reserve opposite the center of the line, using it to fire tonight if it is not 
already out of position. 

by Command of Brigadier General Davis: 
Parton Swift, 
PS, PJD Major, Field Artillery, 

Adiutant. 




The Road from Les Ei'arces to Tresauvaux 



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96 THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY 

It was decided to lea\'e the 3rd Battalion in its present position. 
The 2nd Battalion was to be held in readiness, drawn up along the Grande 
Tranchee, while the 1st Battalion was to take up an advance position 
in Tresauvaux. 

Earlier in the afternoon the 2nd Battalion had received, by telephone, 
instructions to move down into Bonzee, but the order was soon counter- 
manded. The manoeuvre, carried out in broad daylight, in sight of the 
German batteries, would have been very disastrous. 

Orders were sent out from P. C. Coolidge about six o'clock, which 
set the 1st and 2nd Battalions in motion. There had been a meeting 
or the battalion commanders at Rupt earlier in the afternoon, at which 
the various details had been discussed. The 2nd Battalion left its old 
position, and moved south along the Grande Tranchee, halting near 
the eschelon of the 114th Field Artillery. This Battalion remained in 
readiness throughout the night; its telephone detail, under Lieutenant 
Simpson, anticipating a move forward, had constructed a telephone 
line nearly to Bonzee, but this line was never used. 

The 1st Battalion, which up to now had not fired a shot, pulled out 
or its gun pits, and drew up on the road leading to Mesnil, waiting tor 
the return of Major Gammell and the battery commanders, before it 
started tor its new position. The eight tractors roared along, pulling 
the heavy guns and caissons without the slightest difficulty, going south 
along the Grande Tranchee, then turned lett down the road that went 
past P. C. Coolidge. The red-hot exhausts glowed like beacon lights. 
Once down in the valley, the Battalion took the left hand road leading 
towards Les Eparges. Both St. Remy and Les Eparges were being 
shelled as the guns swung into the valley road. Columns ot infantry 
rested in the bordering fields, waiting to take part in the attack. Machine 
gun companies, ammunition carts, caissons, ambulances, and detach- 
ments ot engineers pulled off to one side as the tractors splashed and jolted 
through the mud. Through Les Eparges and to the right, up the last 
slope trudged the Battalion, past the first aid station on the pitch ot 
the hill, over the crest, and down the last slope. The Woevre Plain, 
at the height ot its Fourth of July splendor, now lay in plain view. It 
seemed more than probable that the exhausts of the tractors would draw 




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98 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

the fire of the German batteries, but the batteries reached the limited 
protection offered by the ruined walls of Tresauvaux without suffering 
any casualties. 

Battery A went into position on a sunken road to the left ot the Les 
Eparges - Fresnes thoroughfare, B Battery placing its guns in an orchard 
to the right. The remains of Tresauvaux lay between the batteries and 
the enemy. As the batteries were preparing their positions with all 
possible haste, shells crashed into the town, and the hill back ot A Battery 
soon received a large number of — 's. When the shelling increased 
towards morning, the men took shelter in nearby trenches and dugouts, 
awaiting the orders to fire. The exact position of the American front 
line was so uncertain that it was impossible to open fire without instruc- 
tions from the Regimental P. C. The morning light crept slowly over 
the plain. Luckily the fog shut in thicker than ever, protecting the two 
exposed batteries from direct observation. Shells continued to land in 
and about Tresauvaux, the Germans mixing a tew gas shells in with their 
high explosives. The batteries remained inactive through the morn- 
ing, though continually under fire, and chafing to take up the German 
batteries' challenge. Every man and officer longed to take an active 
part in the battle that was being fought on the plain beyond, but the 
much desired orders to open fire never came. 

With the coming of day, the infantry all along the plain advanced 
again to the attack. Reenforcements had been brought up during 
the night, and many of the light batteries had taken up advanced posi- 
tions. Low flying airplanes, both Allied and German, skimmed over 
hill and plain, vainly attempting to locate the changing battle line. 

The officers at P. C. Coolidge directing the operation ot the Regi- 
ment, were just about to designate targets to the ist Battalion when 
Brigade Headquarters called up, transmitting the following information : 
"The armistice goes into effect at 1 1 :oo A. M. today. There will be no 
more firing whatsoever." 

Rumors about the coming armistice had been circulating freely 
all night, but it was not until 7:30 A. M. on the morning of the nth that 
definite orders, proclaiming the coming end ot hostilities, reached Regi- 
mental Headquarters. The "Cease Firing" order was quickly trans- 





German Tank-Mine- 
West of 
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IOO THE STORY OF THE J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY 

mitted by telephone to the two battalions on the line, and the members 
of P. C. Coolidge sat in the chart room, staring blankly at the map- 
covered walls, dimly aware ot the rumble ot the battle a few kilometers 
awav. The information that the war was shortly to be over, would cause 
such a tremendous change in the lite ot the world, that it was impossible 
for any human mind to grasp even a slight part ot its significance. The 
ist Battalion called up frantically asking tor permission to open fire. 
Lieutenant Colonel McCabe's reply that the war was over brought 
forth storms of protests from the other end ot the wire. Protests cen- 
tered about the fact that the battalion was that very minute being shelled 
with mustard gas. The only definite orders issued by P. C. Coolidge 
in answer to this request were to put the men in a sate place. Shortly 
after nine o'clock a batch ot German prisoners tramped past under guard. 
The battle to the northeast was momentarily increasing. The 8ist 
Division (commonly known as the Wild Cats) were either meeting stub- 
born resistance or pushing the attack to the limit. Motor ambulances 
began to go by in increasing numbers. The anti-aircraft guns were 
continuous in their protests against low flying Boche planes. 

A strange feeling of doubt crept into the minds ot the little group 
of officers at P. C. Coolidge as the rumble ot the battle increased. Not 
a moment went by without someone looking at his watch. The telephone 
rang continuously. Everyone was demanding information. "Is it 
going to stop or not?" was the great question. A company ot infantry 
swung by on its way to the line. The cross roads down in the valley 
were receiving more than their usual share ot shelling. The rapid suc- 
cession of whines preceding the explosions were distinctly audible. 

The morning dragged by. It seemed days since the message re- 
garding the armistice came over the wire. Ten-thirty, and the cannon- 
ading and rattle of small arms persisted in violence. A last frantic appeal 
from the ist Battalion to be allowed to fire, was considered tor the 
moment; a request to Brigade Headquarters tor permission to return 
the fire of enemy batteries brought the answer that hostilities had ceased. 
Brigade Headquarters in St. Mihiel was too tar away to hear the battle. 
Ten forty-five, and there were no signs of the armistice ever going into 
effect. Reports from the forward observation posts brought only infor- 



THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY IOI 

mation of heavy tiring all along the Plain. (). F. Kidder, on the nose of 
Fes Eparges ridge, was shelled intermittently.. Ten minutes more — ■ 
five minutes more — everyone kept his eyes on his watch. Not only 
at P. C. Coolidge, but all along the two hundred miles of battle front, 
thousands of men were watching their watches tick off those last tew 
minutes. Two minutes of eleven, and the whine of a Boche shell was a 
plain reminder that the war was still on. One minute ot eleven; the 
rumble of the battle seemed to be dying; yes — no- yes. By two 
minutes past only an occasional shot echoed up the valley. 

Five minutes past eleven, and the stillness was nerve racking. The 
time-keeper's whistle had blown, and the big game was over. A taint cheer 
from away out in the mist broke the silence tor a minute. Everyone 
stopped whatever he was doing. Along the roads, as tar as the eye could 
reach, not a soul moved. Five minutes before a tremendous machine had 
been in motion; thousands ot men rolling forward, but now everything 
had stopped. A strange feeling ot fatigue descended upon man and beast. 
AVas the war really over? It seemed impossible. There was no cele- 
brating, no dancing, no singing or shouting. The wild enthusiasm which 
shook the cities ot the Allied Nations did not reach the front. The taint 
cheer that echoed back through the mist was meagre and short lived, — 
probably a reserve company on its way to the tiring line was rejoicing 
at the prospect ot immediate rest and food. 

The traffic, momentarily paralyzed by the sudden cessation of the 
battle rumble ot years, soon started moving again. The men smiled a 
bit more than usual, a few shook hands as they met, but no celebrating 
could penetrate the stupor that hung over the front. Down on the Plain, 
the infantry rested where it had stopped. Some men talked, others 
watched, but the majority slept. Here and there sprawled an American 
or a Boche who had made the supreme sacrifice on the last day of the war. 
In Manhuelles, where the fighting had been especially bitter, a small 
band ot negro engineers were picking up heaps ot O. D. and depositing 
them none too carefully in a little shell-torn graveyard. The sight of 
dead comrades, comrades who tor all sense and purpose had been killed 
needlessly, did not make the troops feel like bursting out into any form 
of organized celebrating as they marched back from the lines. The 



IOZ THE STORY OF THE 3<D2XD FIELD ARTILLERY 

thoughts uppermost in the minds of all were centered about food and sleep. 
The existing fact that hostilities had ceased was an overpowering burden 
on the fatigued brain. The realization that the fighting had stopped 
was impossible. 

All day long troops tramped past P. C. Coolidge. There were 
members of every branch of the service, bound tor rest billets in the rear. 
Most of the staff left the P. C, leaving only a small guard. As night tell 
upon the strange stillness, the sky became brilliantly illuminated. Red, 
green, and white rockets shot up into the sky. Repeated and trantic 
signals for a barrage from hundred ot points brought torth no response. 
Star shells and Very pistols added to the illumination. Victor and 
vanquished alike were adding to the tremendous display ot fireworks. 
The front was celebrating at last. All night long the fireworks continued, 
the tremendous stores of rockets furnishing a never ending supply. The 
areas back of the German lines were brilliantly illuminated, as well as the 
billets in which rested the victorious troops. The French poilu added his 
comment to the passing troops, short but to the point, "Fini La Guerre." 
And from the smile upon his tace he believed it. 

Headquarters 151ST Field Artillery Brigade 
American Expeditionary Forces 
France 

November ii, 1918. 
memorandum: 

For Unit Commanders. 
No. 17. 

1. The Brigade Commander desires to express his commendation ot all the units ot this command. 

2. The members of the command collectively and individually have shown excellence in every particular 
and it has been a great pleasure to command in battle men so loyal, energetic, enthusiastic and efficient. 

Richmond P. Davis, 
Brigadier General Commanding 

The majority of the Regiment pulled into Rupt before night. During 
the day some energetic member ot the 302nd had climbed the flagpole 
of the Mairie and tacked up an American Hag. As the darkness shut 
down, the little town blinked into the night for the first time in tour years. 
The billets were illuminated and the window shutters thrown open. But, 
with the exception of a few enthusiasts who were setting off fireworks, 
the Regiment enjoyed the first night of peace in much needed sleep. 
The batteries formed in the street for Retreat, and as the band played 



THK STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 1 O J 

the Star Spangled Banner, the men stood up a little straighter; a few 
could not help portraying a slight smile of satisfaction: the air seemed to 
have more meaning. The work was over, a hard job well done, the end 
of the season had come, and the last big game had been won. 

The days that followed were dull and objectless. Further training 
was useless. There was no longer a desire to learn any more Fielci 
Artillery. Officers and men alike, for the first time in many months, 
could look toward the future and lay more or less definite plans. The 
reaction was tremendous. The study of a life's work, as it were, was 
stopped in a day, and the military became a secondary thought in the 
minds of all. 

The remaining days of November slipped by. The winter rains 
had started in earnest and the little town was mud-soaked and wet. 
The military work consisted in cleaning materiel, foot-drill, calisthenics, 
and hikes. 

On the 19th of December an order arrived designating the 151st 
Brigade for early departure, and instructing the two regiments to turn 
in all equipment not of a personal nature. A series of inspections soon 
followed, culminating in the turning in of all the regimental equipment. 
Guns, tractors, motor-cars, telephones, all in due time were the cares of 
the Regiment no longer. 

The Regiment from now on was a Field Artillery organization in 
name only. The red piping on the officers' caps and the cross-cannons 
on the collar ornaments were the only visible signs of its former occupa- 
tion. Infantry drills and formations came into the life of the Regiment 
for the first time. The truck driver, telephone operator, gunner, wagoner, 
all performed the same duties now. "Squads right," "Squads left" 
were masters of the occasion. 

Christmas came and went, — with extra menus for the organizations, 
and celebrations in the officers' messes. The dilapidated little town tried 
to look festive for the occasion. A slight snow on Christmas Eve had 
partially covered many of its disfigured features. Greens here and there, 
savory smells from the kitchen, and the sun, that for a few hours vainly 
attempted to dry off the mud, made Christmas Day different from the 
ordinary run of days spent at Rupt. 



104 THE STORY OF THE J02ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

New Years, with best wishes tor a speedy return home, also broke 
the monotony ot the dull days. The first regimental show, appearing 
Christmas week, was a great success. The "Salle de Theatre," the pride 
of Rupt, was crowded at all performances. Various other shows and 
movies helped to pass away the long winter evenings. 

The life in Rupt for the two months following the Armistice was not 
altogether devoid of pleasure. The officers, especially, made excellent 
use of the abundance ot transportation. A White or a Dodge, carrying 
the regimental insignia, could be seen almost any day along the road to 
Nancy. Saturdays and Sundays saw the motor transportation of the 
Regiment scattered in every direction. Bar-le-duc, Verdun, Sedan, 
Rheims, Metz, Luxemburg, Conflans, Chalon, Chaumont, all received 
due attention. The enlisted personnel of the Regiment had abundant 
opportunities to visit nearby places of interest, the forts of Verdun being 
especially popular. Shattered Vaux and Douaumont will always stand 
as grim reminders of one of the world's greatest battles. 

Before leaving Rupt behind forever, there is one subject that de- 
serves a tew words, namely; souvenirs. The American's lust for relics 
baffles all description, and the members of the 302nd Field Artillery were 
no exception. It took almost the form of a mania. Officers would visit 
the recently evacuated German lines in a Dodge, and return with the 
machine jammed with every kind and description of article. The 
variety ranged from rifle cartridges to pianos. All officers' messes boasted 
of their Boche china. Chairs from German dugouts were plentiful 
throughout the billets. The regimental post-office did an untold busi- 
ness in German helmets. A battery would take an all day hike down 
onto the plain, and straggle back into Rupt long after dark, exhausted 
from carrying huge quantities of plunder. There sprang up an unusual 
trade in souvenirs. Trading ran wild. The relative value of a "Gott 
Mitt Uns" belt buckle, or a pickle helmet, were measured in terms of 
German gas masks, steel helmets, and rifles. The proud possessor of a 
Lugar Pistol would not trade for any of the above articles, however. 
The officers favored maps, and aero photographs, but they too gathered 
great quantities ot the more common form of relics. Rupt took on the 
garb of a German Arsenal. The order designating the 9th of January 




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106 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

as the day ot departure, ended the ceaseless efforts ot the command to 
collect trophies, and the last days before departure saw countless prizes 
thrown into the salvage piles. The fruits ot many twenty mile walks 
were thus disposed ot. 

The day finally arrived when the Regiment turned its back on Rupt, 
and commenced its long journey homeward. January 8 was compara- 
tively warm and sunny, and there was excellent weather for the march to 
Bannancourt, where the Regiment entrained. Each man, as he tramped 
over the nine miles, took his last look at shell holes, barbed wire, and 
ruins. Rupt also received its quota of tarewell glances. 

A long train of American freight cars was waiting at the siding. 
The engine was a huge Baldwin locomotive. There was, however, no 
officers' car. Only one officer from each organization accompanied the 
troops, the rest going by the way ot Paris. The long train lett Bannon- 
court shortly after six o'clock, every man pleased and satisfied. The 
homeward journey had commenced. The information that the train 
was routed for Camp de Souge immediately dampened the enthusiasm, 
however. The journey was uneventful. The morning ot the nth found 
the 302nd Field Artillery pulling into Souge. Officers and men felt no 
delight at the prospects of renewing their acquaintance with the sandy 
wastes of their old training area and as the organizations formed beside 
the train, before marching to that part of the cantonment allotted to the 
Regiment, many absentees were reported. A long delay in the freight 
yards of Bordeaux was the cause ot the depleted ranks. 

The next two months dragged by, for the most part a series of never 
ending monotonous days. The ever elusive question "When are we 
going home?" never received a satisfactory answer. Rumors and false 
hopes crowded upon one another in quick succession. The daily routine 
consisted of foot drill and calisthenics in the morning, and athletics in the 
afternoon. The camp authorities also called tor large details. The 
many and interesting base ball games were the chief diversion, and formed 
a very pleasing pastime, materially helping to relieve the monotony of 
the long wait. Influenza again attacked the Regiment, taking as a toll, 
the lives of several members. It was during this epidemic of influenza, 
in the latter part of January, that the Regiment reached its lowest mental 




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level. Continual rains had turned the barracks into a flock of arks. 
Kitchen, mess halls, officers' quarters, all were surrounded by a sea. 
The mental state of some of the officers reached such a point that they 
took up sailing homemade boats from their door steps. The arrival of 
an order allowing twenty per cent of the command to be on leave at anv 
one time, the gradual recession of the rains, and the increased interest 
in athletics brought the morale back to its former high standard. The 
command finally resigned itself to an indefinite stay at Souge, rumors 
no longer had their heart-rending effects, and officers and men settled 
down to wait, making the best of the existing conditions. 

Several times during February there were persistent rumors that 
General Pershing, the Commander-in-chief, was about to visit Camp 
de Souge to review the Brigade. The rumors culminated in definite 
instructions from Headquarters of Base Section No. 2, that the General 
would arrive at Camp on or about February 28. Several practice reviews 
were held in anticipation of the coming event. The exact time of his 
arrival in Camp was finally fixed for 1 1 o'clock, February 28. The 
Brigade, together with all the other troops in Camp, were massed north 
of the motor park. As the General's special Locomobile came to a 
stop, a large Bugle Corps sounded four flourishes and the General's March. 
After exchanging formalities with the Camp Commander, the General, 
followed by his large staff, proceeded to inspect the troops. The General 
inspected every organization of the Regiment, his military bearing and 
strength of character impressing itself upon the minds of all. The Regi- 
ment made an excellent appearance and brought forth only favorable 
comment from the Commander-in-chief. After the inspection General 
Pershing mounted, and took up his position at the reviewing post. The 
combined bands of the 302nd and 303rd regiments moved into position. 
The 303rd led the review. The Regiment, in line of squad columns, 
swung by, a sea of steel helmets and rifles. The 302nd followed at the 
prescribed interval. The alignments and step were excellent. The 
heavy marching order increased the impression of military strength. 
After the last organization had doubled away from the reviewing officers, 
the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Brigade gathered about 
the Commander-in-chief. In the few minutes that followed General 



no 

Pershing thanked officers and men tor their help in bringing about the 
final victory. It was the heart-felt appreciation ot a Commanding Gen- 
eral for his troops, a final word ot praise, and best wishes tor the tuture. 
The Regiment esteemed the honor ot being reviewed by the Commander- 
in-Chief, considering it more than a fitting climax to. its stay in the A. E. F. 

The remaining days at Souge were spent in the accustomed manner; 
a short drill period, followed by a regimental parade, now comprising 
the onlv military work. During these weeks the Regiment materially 
increased in smartness under the direction ot Major Gammell. 

During the first week in March many officers lett the Regiment 
for various universities in France and England. The tears, however, of 
many of these officers were contradicted by the arrival ot an order 
directing the Regiment to enter the Embarkation Camp at Genicart 
before noon on March 19. The Regiment moved to Genicart in motor 
trucks. The joy and relief at leaving Souge was unbounded. The rain 
did not detract from the pleasure ot the ride that took the Regiment 
away from their home for the past two months. 

The recollections of the next three days drift back as a series ot sleep- 
less nights and foodless days. One night was spent at the so-called 
"Dirty Camp," then a short march to the "Clean Camp," where the 
Regiment underwent the systematic operation ot being relieved of most 
of its personal belongings. The rightful name of the institution through 
which the Regiment streamed was "the delousing plant." It was gen- 
erally and commonly known as "the Mill." Men entered its walls well 
clothed, free from bodily inhabitation, and generally pleased with life. 
They came out with ill fitting clothes, minus many personal belongings, 
and with an attitude anything but favorable towards the Army or any- 
thing that had to do with it. To a regiment well equipped and well 
cared for, the Mill could hardly be described as a benefit. 

Early the next morning, in fact before daylight, the organizations 
were formed in heavy marching order, and the Regiment tramped away 
from Genicart as the first feeble streaks of gray struggled through the 
mist and rain. The march to Bassens, some seven miles away, was made 
in a driving rain. 

As the long column of twos splashed along through the mud there 



Rkc.imf.si Passing i\ Review Before iue Commander-in-Chief 




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112 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

were many speculations and comparisons voiced by the dripping mem- 
bers of the 302nd Field Artillery. The name of the Mill occurred often, 
generally not in a complimentary manner. After passing long lines of 
docks, the Regiment finally halted in a large shed occupied by the Ameri- 
can Red Cross. The pleasing and efficient manner in which the mem- 
bers of this organization distributed sandwiches, coffee and candy to the 
hungry men was an enjoyable relief after the struggle ot the past two 
days. The sight of American girls was appreciated beyond description. 
After partaking freely of the hospitality of the Red Cross, the Regiment 
marched to the boat that was to carry it down the Gironde. The two 
lines of men that streamed over the gang plank disappeared into the hold. 
How all of the men got onto the little boat was a mystery. The trip down 
the Gironde was of short duration, Pauillac being reached in about two 
hours. A high wind, driving before it a cold rain, did not add to the first 
impressions received at Pauillac. As the organizations came off the boat 
thev were formed and marched away; some were fortunate enough to 
be assigned barracks, but the majority were housed in old hangers or 
huge sheds, formerly used by the Naval Air Service as machine shops. 
The Embarkation Camp had been a Naval Aero Station, and the con- 
glomeration of sheds, shops, hangers, and barracks, clustered along 
the river bank, did not look inviting. The knowledge, however, that 
the next move would be the last one in France, brightened the prospects 
of cramped quarters, and the Regiment settled down to wait again, minus 
many of the forebodings that surrounded the long stay at Souge. 

The weeks spent at Pauillac never reached that monotonous proces- 
sion of days which characterized the months of January and February 
at Souge. The country surrounding the Embarkation Camp was inter- 
esting: it was a huge vineyard dotted here and there by chateaux and 
small villages. For the first week, therefore, the morning road marches 
proved an interesting, as well as beneficial form of exercise. After all 
of the organizations had become thoroughly familiar with the nearby 
scenery however, the morning excursions into the country were not 
greeted with their former enthusiasm. Officers and men alike were 
permitted to leave the camp only in formation. The confinement 
imposed by the camp authorities seemed hardly justified. The officers 




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Kmbarkation 

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Battalion 
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114 THE STORY OF THE 302XD FIELD ARTILLERY 

from behind the high barbed wire fence that surrounded their quarters 
watched the trusted German prisoners wander along the road with envi- 
ous eyes. If the Regiment had been allowed to leave the Camp at will, 
the associations connected with Pauillac would have been far brighter. 
There was, however, one form of enjoyment that the camp authorities 
did not attempt to hinder; namely, watching for ships. From dawn to 
sunset, that part of the camp bordering the river was lined with men 
eagerly watching for their ship to come in. Each steamer that passed, 
whether transport or freighter, was greeted with wild cheers of delight. 
The enthusiasm aroused by crowded transports going downstream, how- 
ever, was not so marked. Each ship that passed the camp was the basis 
for countless rumors. Rumors spread like wild fire from one end of the 
camp to the other, the magic sailing date always receding, a phantom 
that continually danced before the eyes of the Regiment, but never came 
near enough to take definite form. It was nearly two weeks after the 
arrival of the Regiment at Pauillac before the first troops left. The 
knowledge that a ship had actually stopped at the camp electrified 
everyone with joy. Once the ice had been broken, ships docked and 
took away their eager hundreds in astounding regularity. By the tenth 
of April the four thousand troops that were ahead of the Regiment had 
dwindled to a few hundred. 

The next boat would be ours. The good news came in due time that 
the 303rd and approximately half of the 302nd would sail on the Santa 
Rosa, on or about April 13. This information brought a mixture of 
feelings. The pleasure aroused by the knowledge of an early sailing was 
materially reduced by the tantalizing question "Who will be left?" 
The choice of the organizations to go on the Santa Rosa was decided by 
lot. Only the organization commanders can appreciate the terrible 
suspense before the fatal drawing. Batteries B, C, and D were finally 
picked as the winners. There were, however, enough remaining places 
so that each of the organizations left behind could select between 20 and 
30 men who were urgently needed at home, to go with the first contingent. 

As the three Batteries formed for the last time on French soil, there 
was a universal feeling of sadness. Everyone felt that in a few minutes 
the 302nd Field Artillery would be broken up forever. It was extremely 



u. s. s. 

Santa Rosa 

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Il6 THE STORY OF THE 302ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

disappointing to the officers and men to see the Regiment split in such 
an unsatisfactory manner and go back and scatter to its hundreds of 
homes without some sort of final formation befitting the occasion. But 
such are the ways of the army and the lucky half of the 302nd sailed away 
for America, leaving the unlucky half wondering when its turn would 
come. 

Although it was only a week before the longed for ship arrived, those 
seven days, filled with visions of becoming Casual companies and cor- 
responding delays, seemed like months. The Canandaigua, one of the 
old mine-laying fleet, was assigned to carry the remainder of the Regi- 
ment home. Batteries A, E, F, Headquarters and Supply Companies 
sailed on Easter Sunday, April 21, the last glimpses of the French shore 
bringing forth no feelings of sadness or regret. 

The Canandaigua, as well as the Santa Rosa, were typical of the 
converted transports. Four tiers of bunks, crowded decks, congested 
quarters and long mess lines were discomforts annulled by the fact that 
each day brought home several hundred miles nearer. The trips of both 
ships were marred by rough weather and slight break downs; the Santa 
Rosa had engine trouble while the Canandaigua drifted for twelve hours 
off Nantucket lightship with a disabled rudder. The delays and rough 
weather, however, were soon forgotten when once the ships steamed up 
Boston harbor. The Santa Rosa landed its quota on April 26, while 
the Canandaigua docked on May 3. The transports were met by two 
steamers carrying friends and relatives, who showered the returning troops 
with doughnuts and candy. The same chorus of whistles welcomed 
home the Regiment that nearly ten months before had sped it on its way. 

France, with its many memories, was lost in the flood of delightful 
impressions aroused by the first glimpse of the United States. Each 
man, as he stepped off the gang plank, was full of unbounded apprecia- 
tion of his own country. "How different things are here than in France!" 
was the thought uppermost in the minds of all. After the troops had 
been formed, rolls called, and the Red Cross had distributed eatables, 
the men filed into day coaches that took them to Camp Devens. What 
a difference between day coaches and the "Homines 40, Cheveaux 8" 
of the olden days! Wooden houses, stone walls, real street cars, all were 




Welcome Home ' 



Landing at Commonwealth Pier 




The 

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I 1 8 THE STORY OF THE 3<D2ND FIELD ARTILLERY 

pleasing sights. Camp DeYens, the home ot the Regiment tor so many 
months, looked deserted and forlorn. A trip through another delousing 
plant, a pleasing contrast to those in France, a march past familiar sights 
to quarters in the Depot Brigade, and the Regiment settled down to 
several days of intensive paper work in preparation for demobilization. 

During the four days that the organizations remained at Camp 
Devens, the battery clerks, with their many assistants, were masters 
of the occasion. The organization commanders spent hour after hour 
signing their names. The number ot records required by the War Depart- 
ment was overwhelming; but on the appointed day e\'erything was in 
order, and, at the time designated by the finance Officer, the organizations 
marched down to the Paymaster's, filed by the little window, received 
their final pay and discharge, and were civilians once more. Batteries 
B, C, and D were mustered out on April 30, while the remainder ot the 
Regiment left the service on the 7th ot May. 

The last words of the Captains to their Batteries or Companies were 
the only attempts at organized farewells. The organization commanders 
watched their men leave the paying booth and disappear into the crowd 
as civilians. Their organization, which the}" had watched and sponsored 
for months, melted away in ten minutes. In the minds ot each there 
was but one thought. "The enlisted man is beyond praise." "How 
different they are now from when they first came to the Regiment!" 
"Sorry, very sorry, to see all the familiar faces go." 

The groups ot men clustered about the Paymaster and soon broke 
up, some crowded into machines, some wandered back to the barracks 
for their belongings, some joined the stream bound tor the station, and 
the 302nd Field Artillery was no more. 

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Medical Detachment 




dhi Roster of 

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Regiment 




3 o2nd FIELD ARTILLERY, A. E. F. 

STATE STRENGTH — ENLISTED 





HQ 


A 


B 


C 


D 


E 


F 


Sup. 


Med. 


Total 


Vermont 


3" 


-; 


"4 


61 


17 


21 


21 


40 


3 


33* 


Connecticut 


36 


3 


4 


4 


lv- 






'.- 


: 


262 


Massachusetts 


55 


is 


28 


21 


14 


s 


15 


11 


4 


174 


\e« York 


35 


2D 


15 


-" 


20 


1- 


19 


19 


2 


1-4 


New Hampshire 


9 


5 


7 


s 


1 1 


10 


5 


8 






Maine 


17 


10 


7 


" 


5 


3 


4 




1 


54 


Illinois 


4 


5 


" 


5 


5 


3 


4 




9 


4- 


South Carolina 




3 


8 




4 


5 


7 






27 


Rhode bland 


4 


1 




6 


6 


4 


1 




1 


-3 


Ohio 


3 




1 


3 


5 


J 


4 


2 


1 


22 


Pennsylvania 


2 


6 


3 


1 


2 




2 


1 


2 


20 


North Carolina 


1 


4 


1 


6 


4 


1 


4 






21 


Florida 


1 


2 




4 


I 


4 


2 






14 


New Jersey 


2 


3 


2 




2 




1 






10 


Georgia 


2 


3 


1 


2 






1 






9 


Kentucky 






1 






1 






7 


9 


Arkansas 








1 


I 


2 


2 


I 




7 


Missouri 


1 




2 


1 




2 






1 


7 


Michigan 






1 


2 


I 








1 


5 


Virginia 










2 


1 


1 




1 


5 


Indiana 


1 




1 








1 







5 


Minnesota 


1 










1 






1 


3 


Alabama 


1 




1 






1 








3 


Iowa 




1 






I 


1 








3 


Oklahoma 








1 


I 


1 








3 


Maryland 




1 










1 






2 


Mississippi 




1 














1 


2 


Texas 




1 


1 














2 


Wisconsin 








1 














Louisiana 












1 










California 












1 










Kentucky 














1 








Tennessee 












1 










Honolulu 


1 




















England 




1 


















Canada 




1 



















33 States, i Territory, 2 Foreign 



ROSTER 



302nd Field Artillery 

Men who Served with the Regiment 
Overseas 



HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 



Ahern, Joseph J.; Pvt.icl., ,;,: Cellar St., 

Manchester, N. H. 
Aldrich, William J.; Pvt., 

Norwich, Vt. 
Ailing, Frederick K.; Sgt., ::- Park St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Arniotis, Angel; Pvt., 2h Hunter St., 

Newark. N. |. 
Astle. Ray M.; Pvt.icl., 56 Court St., 

Houlton, Me. 
Atkinson, John J.; Wag., 4'' Academy St., 

South Braintree, Mass. 
Avenelle, Emile, Jr.; Band Corp., 37 Walden St., 

North Cambridge, Mass. 
Baraw, Frank W.; Cook, 

North Troy, Vt. 
Barrett, Arnold B.; Band Sgt., 335 1 Emerson Ave., 

North Minneapolis, Minn. 
Barrett, Exaid J.; Pvt.icl., 2S Fountain St., 

Worcester, Mass. 
Bates, Julius E.; MuS. 3d., ';"- West Main St., 

Bennington, Vt. 
Beede, Harold H.; Mus., 

Rtimney, N. H. 
Beetle, Leslie V.; Mus. id., 4 Lawndale St., 

Belmont, Mass. 
Beitchman, Abe; Mus., c o I.. Beitchman, 73 Wil- 

Brooklyn, N. Y. [loughby Ave., 

Bencordo, John I..; Bugl., Webster St., 

Marshfield, Mass. 
Berge, John F.; Pvt.icl., .;_; Essex St., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 
Berube, Joseph; Pvt., R. F. D., 

Manville, R. 1. 
Beyer, Ferdinand; Corp., 38 Williams St., 

Delawanna, N. J. 
Bickt'ord, Clyde; Pvt.icl., 

Wytopitlock, Me. 
Binder, E. Freel; Sgt., 

Wet Grove, Pa. 
Birkner, Daniel; Pvt.icl., 24/j Beach 6Sth St., 

Averne, Long Island, N. V. 
Bishop, Albert W.; Pvt.icl., 21 Wilson St., 

Eastport, Me. 
Bissett, Ralph S.; Mus.icl., 10 Btanch St., 

Dorchester, Mass. 
Blum, Benjamin; Pvt., 13J Eldridge St., 

New York City 
Bohlen, William E.; Corp., 1422.74th St., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 
Bond, Joseph A.; Mus.:cl., 25 Market St., 

Fitchburg, Mass. 



Boulanger. Albert CJ.; Pvt., 36 Middle St., 

Fitchburg, Mass. 
Bowker, Arthur M.; Mus.icl., 

West Rutland, Vt. 
Brannan, Adili; 34 Raymond St., 

New London, Conn. 
Brennan, James W.; Mech., 7 Bartlett St., 

Beverly, Mass. 
Breton, F.lzear D., Jr.; Mus. 3d., 9 Edmunds St., 

North Cambridge, Mass. 
Cappuccitte, Larry; Pvt.icl., 2X4 North Main St., 

Waterbury, Conn. 
Carmody, James F..; Wag., Prospect St., 

Fair Haven, Vt. 
Carney, William P.; Corp., 318 Willoughby Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Carpenter, Paul C; Regt. Sgt. Mai., 63-^d St., 

WooddifF, N. J. 
Carter, Harold R.; Corp., 

Warehouse Point, Conn. 
Case, Raymond B.; Bn. Sgt. Mai., 124 Broad St., 

Norwich, Conn. 
Centebar, George C; Sgt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

West Glover, Vt. 
Chalker, William D.; Cook, 48 Irving St., 

Boston, Mass. 
Clark, Fred B.; Corp., Village St., 

West Medwav, M.isk. 
Clarlund, Peter M.; Ch.Mech., 55 Elliott St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Colson, Lester S.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, Box 41, 

West Harrington, Me. 
Comstock, William W.; Saddler, 

Ludlow, Vt. 
Cowan, Saul S.; Corp., 71 Dickerman St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Crabtree, George; Pvt., 11 Cottage Green, 

Thompsonville, Conn. 
Cremen, Timothy F.; Mus.2cl., .19 Bearse Ave., 

Dorchester, Mass. 
Crowell, Edmund H.; Band Sgt., 85 Fairmont St., 

Maiden, Mass. 
Currie, Archie; Pvt., 114 Highland Ave., 

Richford, Vt. 
Daly, Francis A.; Mus.2cl., 29 Central Ave., 

Newton Upper Falls, Mass. 
Damas, Joseph W.; Bnd.Corp., 241 Crystal Ave., 

New London, Conn. 
Darcey, John J.; Pvt., 17,4 Highland St., 

Woonsocket, R. I. 
Dashner, Wilfred A.; Sgt., 15 Furnace St., 

Springfield, Vt. 



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J02XD FIELD ARTILLERY 



DavisjArthur S.; Pvt.icl., 864 Dean St., 

Brooklyn, N*. Y. 
Dawes, Charles H.; Pvt., 113 Pearl St., 

Keene, N. H. 
De Felice, Peter; Mussel, 103 Ridge St., 

Providence, R. I. 
Delizantes, Costes G. ; Cook, 103 Shawmut Ave., 

Boston, Mass. 
Dennis, Charles H.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, 

Candor, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
Deperino, James A.; Pvt., "4 Skillman Ave., 

Brooklyn, N, Y. 
De Salvio, Salvatore; Mus.icl., Suite 8, 353 

Boston, Mass. [Charles St., 

Dickson, Thomas J.; Pvt.icl., 7 Benson St., 

Brighton, Mass. 
DiCrosta, Tony; Pvt., 140 Tunxes Hill Road, 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
DiFranco, Salvatore; Mus.icl., 60 Chambers St., 

Boston, Mass. 
Dockham, Kenneth H.; Pvt., 10 Lowell St., 

Woburn, Mass. 
Dodge, Mavnard B.; Pvt.icl., ^87 Center St., 

Old Town, Me. 
Dolfini, Frank; Corp., 

Winterton, Sullivan County, N, Y. 
Donaher, Bernard J.; Corp., 64 I St., 

South Boston, Mass. 
Dorman, Herbert E.; Mussel., 21 Lakeview Ave., 

Haverhill, Mass. 
Drakeley, George M.; Corp., 

Woodbury, Conn. 
Drennan, Philip Fl; Pvt.icl., 87 Second St., 

Pittsfield, Mass. 
Dwyer, John M.; Corp., 106 Main St., 

West Rutland, Yt. 
Dyer, Orrin L.; Pvt.icl., Suite 2, 20 Crowell St., 

Dorchester, Mass. 
Elliott, James P.; Pvt., c/o Mrs. F. P. Chillemi, 

New York City [1758 Madison Ave., 

Engel, Felix; Pvt., 220 Forbell Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Evarts, Effingham C; Corp., 

Windsor, Yt. 
Fall, Miner L.; Pvt.icl., 

Moultonville, X. H. 
Faris, Ernest J.; Pvt.icl., 257 West 15th St., 

New York City 
Fessenden, Joseph C; Pvt., 

Lisbon Falls, Me. 
Finkelstein, Nathan; Sgt., 226 Harvard St., 

Dorchester, Mass. 
Flynn, Thomas H.; Corp., 141 Roberson St., 

Fall River, Mass. 
Galli, Charles J.; Mus.2cl., 

Arlington, Yt. 
Gaudette. Harry E.; Corp., 

Lyndonville, Yt. 
Gervais, Treffle P.; Mus.2cl., 24 Haskins St., 

Roxbury, Mass. 
Gilbert, Donald N.; Mussel., 27 State St., 

Boston, Mass. 
Gillies, David R.; Corp., 5 Brookfield St., 

Roslindale, Mass. 
Gilligan, Augustus J.; Corp., 462 Poplar St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Giogia, Caetano; Pvt., 

New Canaan, Conn. 
Good, Arthur J.; Pvt., 23 Dorr St., 

Roxburv, Mass. 



Grady, Thomas F.; Pvt., 506 Lexington Ave., 

Brooklvn, N. Y. 
Grav, Bert O.; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Derby, Yt. 
Green, Sydney; Mussel., 

Newmarket, N. H. 
Haaf, Edward H.; Pvt., 166 Shelton Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Harris, Joseph F.; Mus.2cl., 102 Hudson St., 

Hartford, Conn. 
Hatter, Elmer F.; Pvt., Springfield Boulevard, 

Springfield Gardens, L. I., N. Y. 
Hauser, Walter G.; Bn. Sgt. Mai., 879 Watertown 

Waterbury, Conn. [Ave., 

Hemmerle, Charles F.; Pvt., 4-5 Monroe St., 

Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Hentz, Charles F.; Mus.icl., 51 Putnam St., 

Somerville, Mass. 
Herman, Herbert W.; Pvt.icl , c o Pettes& Randall 

New York City [Co., 150 Nassau St., 

Hetzko, Frank; Corp., 853 Seneca Ave., 

Brooklvn, N. Y. 
Hill, Frank'; Mech., 

Jerfersonville, Yt. 
Houston, Breyton G; Mus.icl, 

Brandon, Yt. 
Hovsepian, Rupen; Bugl., 71 Batavia St., 

Boston, Mass. 
Howarth, William T.; Pvt.icl., 41 Water St., 

Westboro, Mass. 
Huether, Frank J.; Pvt.icl, 28 Dalrymple St., 

Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
Hughes, William W.; Corp., Box 1 — , 

Poultnev, Yt. 
Hull, John B.; Regt. Sgt. Major, R. F. D. No. 1, 

West Torrington, Conn. 
Hutchins, Winfield J.; Pvt., 24 Oak St., 

Springvale, Me. 
Iffinger, Frederick G.; Corp., 273 Bleecker St., 

Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Ingoldsby, Charles F.; Pvt.icl, 65 Spring St., 

West Haven, Conn. 
Jackson, Joseph A.; Pvt.icl, R. F. D. No. 3, 

Skowhegan, Me. 
Tewett, Delmer R.; Pvt.icl, R. F. D. No. 1, 

Hyde Park, Yt. 
Johnson, Helge W.; Pvt.icl, 

Proctor, Vt. 
Johnson, Lawrence G.; West Prospect St., 

Plantsville, Conn. 
Jones, Walter A.; Pvt., 4030 Polk St., 

Chicago, 111. 
Judkins, Gerald W.; Pvt., 

Oxford, Me. 
Kamen, Abraham; Sgt., c/o B. I. Kamen, 299 

New York City | Madison Ave., 

Kaminsky, Benjamin; Pvt.icl, 212 Madison St., 

New York City 
Keeney, Harry L.; Corp., 99 Central Ave., 

East Harttord, Conn. 
Kennedy, Michael J.; Pvt., 

Woodland, Me. 
Kenney, Edward H.; Corp., 251 Hazel St., 
> 1 New Haven, Conn. 
Kenney, Harold F.; Mus.icl, 67 Belmont St., 

Cambridge, Mass. 
Kenniston, Luther E.; Pvt.icl, 

Amherst, Me. 
Kent, Richard B.; Corp., 33 West 51st St., 

New York City 



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Klein, John (i.; Sgt., 52 Furnace St., 

Poult ne) , N't. 
Koleda, Constantine C; Corp., 149 East 15th St., 

New York City 
Krneta, Nick; Pvt., 

I- ast Akron, < )hu . 
Kruppa, Frank A.; Corp., 5239 Hutchinson St., 

Chicago. 111. 

Lafley, Hector II.; Mussel., 

Enosburg Falls, Vt, 
Landry, Henry A.; Corp., 

Wilder, Vt. 
Lane, Joseph J.; Corp., 144 Lexington Ave., 

Cambridge. Mas-.. 
Langewai , Henrj A.; \\ ag., R. F. D. No. t, 

F'errishurg, Vt, 
Ledcrer, Ward II.; Pvt., to Park Ave., 

New York City 
Legendre, Joseph H.; Pvt.icl., 

Lanesboro, Vt. 
Levin, Irving H.; Pvt., 54 Ridge St., 

New York City 
I.evine, David; Pvt.icl., 19 Asylum St., 

New I laven, Conn. 
Lewis. Cieorge I..; Sgt., 

Pittsburg, P.i. 
Lewis, James; Pvt., 

Warren, N. 1 1. 
Lewis, Leon C; Pvt., 70 Park Ave., 

Keene, N. H. 
Liqued, Harry \V.; Sgt., 1 14 Hast St., 

Rutland, N't. 
Love, Walter C; 1st Sgt., P. 0. Box 294, 

Honolulu, H. 1. 
Lovett, Thomas J. ; Cook, [1 8-1 8th St., 

Fall River, .Mass. 
Lovoy, Sam; Pvt., 92a North list St., 

Birmingham, Ala. 
Lynch, Francis P. J.; Corp., 46 Water St., 

Rutland, Vt. 
MacCracken, Richard N.; Pvt., 501 E. Sanduskj 

Bellelontaine, Ohio [Ave., 

MacDonnell, Elbridge F.; Corp., 

South Paris, Me. 
Macl.ellan, Harry R.; Sgt., 67 Woburn St., 

Reading, Mass. 
Maher, William I'.; Corp., 454 Second Ave., 

West Haven, Conn. 
Mainella, Francis A.; Mus.2cl., 75 Elizabeth St., 

Waterburj , Conn. 
Manley, Frank; Pvt.icl., 

M'alone, N. V. 
Maretz, Julius; Corp., 259 Columbus Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Marshall, Antone I..; 368 Allen St., 

New Bedtord, Mass. 
Marshall, Leon ().; Pvt., R. F. D. No. I, 

I opsham Me. 
Marston, Bonnie O.; Corp., 75 Elm St., 

Lewiston, Me. 
McAllister, Leonard J.; Bugl., 9 Arnold Circle, 

Cambridge, Mass. 
Meacham, Willi. 1111 M.; Pvt., 

Morrisville, Vt. 
Miskill, Simon H.; Corp., 

Broad Brook, Conn. 
Mitchell, William N.; Sgt., P. 0. Box II, 

Southville, Mass. 
Moore, William F.; Sgt., 
Chester Depot, \ t. 



Mopty, Mphonse P.; Pvt., ;i:\\ ■ ; .-i St., 

New Vork City 
Morris, Charles P.; Sgt., II South Main St., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Morse, Harley B.; I'm., K. I . I). No. :, 

Sw .int. in, Vt. 
Mullen. Mason R.; Pvt., R. F. I). No. i, 

Iron Station, \. C. 
Nash, Aubrey A.; S Pearl St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Noel, Elmore M.; Mus.2cl., 34 Pawtucket St, 

1 [artford, Conn. 
Norman, Arthur N.; Pvt., 39 Ticonic St., 

Waterville, Me. 
Nussman, Julius; Asst.Bnd. Leader,! i 2 NVindsorAve, 

Hartford, Conn. 
O'Bleness, Murn 1..; Pvt.. 

Kahoka, Mo. 
Parshley, William F., Jr.; Sgt. Bugl., 

\\ est I pton, Mass. 
Patrillo, Pasquali; Mus.icl., 125 Columbus Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Peterson, Erne! A.; Mess Sgt., 1 McCrea St., 

Fort Edward, N. V. 
Pickard, Dwight A.; Corp., 

Cavendish, Vt. 
Priest, Joseph K.; Pvt., 44 Fast Pearl St., 

Nashua, N. H. 
Pvper, Douglas E.; Corp., 

Altona, N. Y. 
Quintan, Walter H.; Pvt., River St., 

River Point, R. 1. 
Rash, Charles M.; Corp., 31 S West 57th St., 

New York City 
Reid, William T.; Bnd.Sgf., IS Pleasant Ave., 

Somerville, Mass. 
Reidemann, Henry J., Jr.; Pvt., 379 Madison St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Schiavello, Donato; Pvt., no East nSth St., 

New York City 
Sequin, Albert J.; Color Sgt., 

Newport, N't. 
Silva, Anthony J.; Mus.jtcl. 72 Northend St., 

Peabody, Mass. 
Sinnett, John B.; Corp., 471 Grand Ave., 

Dayton, Ohio 
Skierski, Stephen; Corp., 98 L Street, 

South Boston, Mass. 
Skillings, Alanson E.; Corp., R. F. D. 35, Box 103B, 

Oakland, Me. 
Smith, Guy E.; Mus.:cl.. 99 Waban Hill Road, 

Chestnut Hill, Newton, Mass. 
Smith, Howard E.; SupplySgt., 662 North Main St., 

1 orrington, Conn. 
Snowman, l.crov C; Pvt.icl., 

Ashland, Me. 
Sordillo, S5 \\ 10 P. T.; G irp., 2g Alpine St., 

Somerville, Mass. 
Sorel, Paul; \Vag., 84 Mohawk St., 

Co hoes, N. Y. 
Spalvieri, Pacifico; Mus. 3d., 53 Rossmore Road, 

Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
Sperbeck, Benjamin H.; Wag., 

Richmondville, Schoharie Count), N. Y. 
Sponholz, Walter F.; Pvt., 4042 West 22nd St., 

Chicago, 111. 
Stuehlcr, bred H.; Pvt., [94C Edd) St., 

Chicago, III. 
Sullivan, John ]•'.; Pvt.icl., 445 bast 52nd St., 

New York City 



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Tedeschi, Dominick M.; Pvt., Box 25, 

South Spencer, Mass. 
Thomas, Benjamin S.; Mus.jcl., 45 Greendale Ave., 

Needham Heights, Mass. 
Trambly, Philip; Pvt., 35 Union St., 

Somersworth, N. H. 
Trowbridge, Merle E.; Pvt.lcI., 530 Waverley 

Waltham, Mass. " [Oaks Road, 

I'ngewitter, Charles F.; Mus. 3d., 

Broad Brook, Conn. 
Van Deusen, Everette K.; Wag., R. D. No. 5, 

Cooperstown, N. Y. 
Viner, Eli M.; Color Sgt., 182 Dudley St., 

Providence, R. I. 
\ rattos, Peter G.; Mus. 3d., 79 Summer St., 

Salem, Mass. 
Wall, William L.; Sgt., iS Howell St., 

Dorchester, Mass. 
Walsh. John F.; Pvt.ic!., S76 Lexington Ave., 

New York City 



White, Clyde E.; Pvt., 

Hartsville, Ind. 
Whitney, Le Roy; Bn. Sgt. Mai., M. W. Kellogg 

New York City [Co., 90 West St., 

Williams, Charles M.; Pvt., 73 Gilmore St., 

Waycross, Ga. 
William, Waino F.; Pvt., Box 754, 

Maynard, Mass. 
Wilson, Plezzie M.; Pvt., Route A., 

Statesboro, Ga. 
Wolcott, Henrv D.; Pvt.icl, R. F. D. No. 2, 

Orwell, Vt. 
Yeasting, Calvin M.; Pvt.icl., 

Gibsonburg, Ohio 
Yungk, Ernest P.; Corp., 9 Elliott St., 

Hartford, Conn. 
Zens, August F.; Wag., 

Cromwell, Conn. 
Zerneri, Peter; Band Corp., P. O. Box 132, 

Lee, Mass. 



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Auderle, Charles J.; Pvt., 1321 So. Karlove We., 

Chicago, HI. 
Andres, Charles \V.; Pvt.icl., 44- West 4 Sth St., 

New York City 
Antonievicz, Boleslaw; Wag., 1 46 Collette St., 

New Bedford, Mass. 
Ashley, Leonard H.; Pvt.icl., 10 High St., ' , Sco- 

Boston, Mass. | ville Mfg. Co., 

Bacher, John J.; Pvt.icl., 2810 Fulton St., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 
Bahan, Ham E.; Sup.Sgt., Elm St., 

Bennington, Yt. 
Baldwin, Knos; Sgt., 40 Endicott St., 

Canton, Mus^. 
Barone, Anthony; Ch.Mech., 157 County St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Bassett, Homer E.; Cook, 38 Fairview Ave., 

Barre, N't. 
Bella, Angelo; Pvt., U4l-44th St., 

Brookl) n, N. V. 
Bellis, Carlton T.; Pvt.icl., 

Arlington, \ r. 
Benner, George J.; Pvt., 1 38 Vernan St., 

Roxbury, Mass. 
Bergen, Nils A.; Pvt., 449-74th St., 

"Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Bernstein, Aaron; Corp., 100 Myrtle St., 

Boston, M;bs 

Bilodeau, Wilfred; Pvt., 28 Chestnut St., 

Rochester, N. H. 
Blake, Clark M.; Pvt.icl., 

No. Bennington, \ t. 
Blake, William A.; Pvt., 

Hodgdon, Me. 
Blancharll, Alfred J.; Pvt.icl., Pinsville St., 

Prince Edward Island, Canada. 
Bouplon, Floyd J.; Mech., 

NO. Bennington, Yt. 
Bridges, Colon V .; Pvt.icl., 

Meddybemps, Me. (Washington County.) 
Briggs, Egbert R.; Corp., 

Pittsford, Vt. 
Burcham, Frank J.; Bug!., 55 Hemlock St., 

New Bedford, Mass. 
Carpenter, William J.; Corp., 

So. Wallingford, Yt. 
Canney, John R.; Corp., 33 Baxter St., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Casco, Salvatore; Pvt.icl., 257-9^ St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Cline, John W.; Corp., 116 Granger St., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Cook, Henry B.; Pvt.icl., R.F.D. No. 2, 

Cambridge, Yt. 
Corlev, Eugene M.; Pvt., Route No. 4, 

Saluda, S. C. 
Cosalio, Mike; Pvt.icl., 

Manchester Depot, Vt. 
Cowher, Jesse; Cook, 

Sandy Ridge, Pa. (Center County.) 
Crossman, Percy H.; Pvt., K.F.D. No. 2, 

Rutland, Yt. 
Cyr, Rene E.; Pvt., 

Van Buren, Me. 



Dahlberg, F'rank (i.; Pvt., 10 Pleasant St., 

North Easton, M;i^. 
Darden, James L.; Pvt. 

Clinton, N. C. 
Daroskevious, Joseph; Pvt., 345 Park St., 

Holyoke, Mass. 
Davis, Lewis C; Pvt., 

Versailles, 111. 
Davis, Newton H.; Pvt.icl., 

Barre, Yt. 
Delphia, Rodney H.; Corp., II Killington Ave., 

Rutland, Yt. 
Demeule, Arthur; Pvt., 173 Lincoln St., 

S ico, Me. 
Deschenes, Ernest; Pvt.icl., 

Lewiston, Me. 
Dobson, John S.; Pvt.icl., 59 Hartland Ave., 

Pittsfield, Me. 
Donlon, John J.; Wag., i:S West ('7th St., 

New York City 
Dunn, William J.; Sgt., 19 Maple St., 

Brewer, Me. 
Eaton, Byron H.; Corp., 3 I.atrancis Block, 

Springfield, Vt. 
Eckenrode, Ellsworth A.; Pvt., 

Hastings, Pa. 
Ennis, A. EL; Pvt., 

Marshfield, Yt. 
Fisk, Ralph H.; Pvt.icl., 11 Lincoln Ave., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Fitzsimmons, James P.; Sgt., 96 Killington Ave., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Flanagan, Edward J.; Pvt.icl., 109 Union St., 

Somersworth, N. H. 
Fox, Edward J.; Mess Sgt., 78 South St., 

Rutland, Yt. 
Fried, Michael; Pvt., 542 East 139th St., 

Bronx, New York City 
Frizza, Claudino; Corp., 19 Winchester St., 

Boston, Mass. 
Galipeau, Arthur; Bugl., 104 Pratt St., 

Bennington, Vt. 
Gang, Joseph; Pvt., 370 Osborn St., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 
Garbin, Thomas P.; Pvt., 120 Lafayette St., 

Torrington, Conn. 
Geer, Alpheus M.; Pvt.icl., 18 Tennis PL, 

Nutley, N. J. 
Gelpi, Giosue; Pvt.icl., 417 No. Main St., 

Barre, Vt. 
GeorTrion, Albert O.; Pvt.icl., 15 Howard St., 

Waltham, Mass. 
Gerritv, James L; Pvt.icl., 619 Lexington Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 
GetzofF, Harry; Pvt., 449 Powell St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Goforth, Clinton H.; Pvt.icl., Athen St., 

Wilder, Ga. 
Gordon, Joseph F.; Pvt.icl., 

Philadelphia, Miss. 
Gormley, Charles H.; Sgt., 27 Robbins St., 

Avon, Mass. 
Goss, Leland H.; Wag., 

So. Wallingford, Vt. 



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Green, Adelbert C; Set., 103 Bradford PL, 

Bennington, Yt. 
Greenawav, William S.; Wag., 106 Central Ave., 

Dover, X. H. 
Hall, Ralph I.; Corp., 

Arlington, Yt. 
Hamilton, William J.; Sgt., 

Brandon, \ t. 
Hanales, David; Pvt., I^o-aind St., 

Brooklvn, N. Y. 
Hardv, William F.; Pvt., 

Buckley, 111. 
Harrington, Earl; Pvt. icl., 934 E. Main St., 

Bennington, Yt. 
Harrington, Ray. B.; Pvt.icl., 240 X. Branch St., 

Bennington, Vt. 
Harvey, Allen; Pvt.icl., P.O. Box 42, 

South Lee, X. H. 
Haskell, Clifton I..; Pvt., 

New Bedford, Mass. 
Hayward, Arthur C; Corp., 2S E. Center St., 

Rutland, Yt. 
Healy, Daniel F.; Pvt.icl., bit Grove St., 

Manchester, X. H. 
Hearst, Harold R.; Pvt., 

Bennington, Yt. 
Hugo, William J.; Pvt.icl., 307 Jefferson St., 

Brooklvn, X. V. 
Hunt, Harold M.; Sgt., 

Xorwich, Yt. 
Hunt, Norman M ; Corp., 565 Adams St., 

Dorchester, Mass. 
Hyland, Patrick; Pvt., 805 Willow Ave., 

Hoboken, X. J. 
Ingalls, Harold E.; Corp., Berwick Hotel, 

Rutland, Yt. 
Johnson, Engnai A.; Corp., 

West Rutland, Yt. 
Johnson, Stephen H.; Pvt.icl., 

Xewfane, Vt., R. F. D. Xo. 1. 
Jones, Rutus, Jr.; Corp., 

Wynnton, Columbus, Ga. 
Killinger, Lewis; Pvt., 1148 Spring St., 

Reading, Pa. 
King, Hosea E.; Mech., 

Sandgate, Vt., R. F. D. Xo. 1. 
Laflam, James A.; Pvt.icl., 214 Depot St., 

Bennington, Yt. 
Latrancis, Roy A.; Corp., 

Wallingford, Yt. 
Laidig, Samuel W. E ; Corp., 

Laidig, Pa. (Fulton County. 1 
Lawliss. Jesse L.; Sgt., 13 Yine St., 

Montpelier, Yt. 
Lehr, Leo A.; Pvt.icl., S5 Granger St., 

Rutland, Yt. 
Lillie, Daniel F.; Ch.Mech., R. F. D. Xo. 2, 

Bennington, Yt. 
Lincoln, Clarence E.; Pvt., P. O. Box"l8, 

West Palm Beach, Fla. 
Linekin, David R.; Wag., ~ Glazier St., 

Gardner, Mass. 
Locatelli, Peter; Pvt., 

Cuttingsville, Vt 
Loyzelle, George J.; Wag., Gen. Del. 

Rutland, Yt. 
Mackenzie, Kenneth; Pvt., 1 30 Brooks St., 

East Boston, Mass. 
Manney, Henry t.; Pvt.icl., 124 Adams St., 

Bennington, Yt. 



Manos, Louis G.; Pvt.icl., 59 Church St., 

Burlington, Yt. 
Marshall, Antone L.; Sgt., 36S Allen St., 

Xew Bedford, Mass. 
Martin, Arthur A.; Pvt., 

Plaisted, Me. 
McDonald, Frank H.; Pvt.icl., 

Brandon, Yt. 
McGarrity, John E.; Sgt., 308 We>t St., 

Rutland, Yt. 
McGee, Dillard E.; Pvt.. 

Alberton, Ga. 
Melikiano, Toros; Pvt.icl., 

Winooski, Yt., P. O. Box 171. 
Michaud, George ].; Pvt.icl., 129 Hemlock St., 

Berlin, X. H. 
Millar, Konstantz; Pvt., 2 Albert PI., 

South Framingham, Mass. 
Miller, Galen, R. H.; Bugl., 419 Main St., 

Bennington, Yt. 
Mobus, Fred A.; Corp., 

Warren, Yt. 
Morin, Theodore; Pvt.icl., Railroad Ave., 

Gonic, X. H. 
Muscara, Achille; Pvt., Sj; Summer Ave., 

Xewark, X. J. 
Xichols, Simeon W.; Corp., Pearl Lake Road, 

\\ aterbury Conn. 
Xolan, William F.; Pvt., 33 Sagamore St., 

Lynn, Mass. 
Oglesby, Fred; Pvt., 

Central, S. C. 
Panzella, T.; Pvt.icl., 41 1 S 4th Hamilton Ave., 

Brooklvn, X. Y. 
Patch, Roy L.; Mech., 

Wallingford, Vt, 
Peters, Bennie J.; Pvt., 1620 Ave. "H", 

Galveston, Texas. 
Plue, Freeman E.; Sgt., 25 Lafayette St., 

Rutland, Yt. 
Powers, John A.; Corp., 

Manchester, Vt. 
Putnam, John J.; Mech., 

West Rutland, Yt. 
Quinn, William P.; Corp., 

Wallingford, Conn. 
Rae, Wesley; Pvt., 42 Pleasant St., 

Long Island City, X. Y. 
Randall, Harry R.; Pvt., 655 Congress St., 

Portland, Mc. 
Riendeau, John B.; Pvt., 1S6 Harrison St., 

Pawtucket, R. I. 
Rpgers, T. C; Pvt.icl., 1499 Williamsbridge Rd., 

West Chester, Bronx, X. Y. C. 
Rudin, Alfred H.; Corp., 25 Watkins Ave., 

Rutland, Yt. 
Ruiter, Harold C; Wag., 

West Charleston, Yt. 
Ryan, George X.; 1st Sgt., 21 Baxter St., 

Rutland, Yt. 
Ryan, Thomas M.; Pvt.icl., 422 Walnut St., 

Kingston, Pa. 
Scholl, Peter; Pvt.icl., 402 Xorth Hyde Park Ave., 

Scranton, Pa. 
Segall, Irwin; Pvt., 41 1 Ocean Ave., 

Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Seguin, Albert J.; Sgt., 

Xewport, Yt. 
Selleck, Robert E.; Corp., Summer St., 

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Shaylor, Willis P.; Pvt.icl., 

\j.iu am, Mass. 
Sherman, Philip; Pvt.icl., 34 West 116th S 

New York City 
Shipley, William M.j Corp., :.:." Windsor Ave., 

Baltimore, Maryland. 
Shut'elt, Harris K.; Pvt., 

Lowell, Vt. 
Slade, Leo O.; Pvt., 

Bondville, Vt. 
Smith. Harvey R.; Pvt., K. 1'. D. No. I, 

Garland, N. C. 
Squires, Dwight H.; Pvt.icl., 

Newport, Vt. 
Stalker, Cecil E.; Pvt.icl., 177 Beech St., 

Bennington, Vt. 
Stevens, Percy B.; Cook, 

Brandon, Vt. 
Stone, Raymond F.; Pvt.icl., 

Dauby, \'r. 
Stratum, Amos H.; Pvt.icl., 109 Temple St., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Stroh, Henry F.; Wag., I49 E. iSth St., 

New York City 
Suling, William A.; Wag., 1666 Zerega Ave., 

New York City 
Swaney, Mattison L.; Pvt.icl., 

Britt, Iowa. 
Tang, Edward J.; Pvt., 1958 West list St., 

Chicago, III. 
Taylor, Cyrus P.; Wag., 

South Danby, Vt. 
Thompson Jefferson: Pvt., 

Mclntyre, Fla. 
Thompson, William H.; Pvt.icl., 

Sunderland, Vt. 



Turner, Martin; P\ t., 

ham, s - C. Marion County.) 
Twiddy, Dan W.; Pvt.icl., 

Boston, Einco, England. 
Vance, Clyde S.; Corp., 

West Glover, Vt. 
Vantush, John; Wag., 51 ; Carroll Ave., 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
Wailgum, Rudolph J.; Corp., 

Springfield, Mass. Cien. Del. 
Walsh, William J.; Wag., 126 So. Second Ave., 

Mechanicsville, N. Y. 
Warren, Ernest W.; Pvt., 

Caribou, Me. 

W ters, James H.; Pvt., 

Zirconia, N. C. 
Weir, Alexander; Pvt.icl., 

West Hebron, N. Y. 

Westcot. Ira C; Corp., 77 Harrison Ave., 

Rutland, Vt 
White, Roland J.; Pvt.icl., 11 Alsop Ave , 

Middletown, Conn. 
Whitehill, Raymond M.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Derby. Vt. 
Wilkinson, Harry A.; Pvt.icl., 231 Bradford St., 

Bennington, Vt. 
Willis, Frank R.; Pvt., 1604 15th St., 

Elyoor City, Fla. 
Wilson, Clarence E.; Cook, P. O. Box No. 77, 

Bennington, Vt. 
Winner, Benedict L.; Pvt., 

Wilmington, N. C. 
Wood, William S.; Pvt., 

York, S. C. 
Zink. Frank; Pvt.icl., Su South St., 

Chicago, III. 



BATTERY B 



Allard, Andrew R.; Cook, 

Proctor. Vt. 
Amborzon. Domenio J.; Pvt., 15 Carpenter Lane, 

Greenfield, Mass. 
Ames, George B.; Corp., c/o P. E. Young, 

Fairhaven, Mass. 
Anderson, Emil C; Pvt., 4047 N. Whipple St., 

Chicago, 111. 
Armato, Marco; Pvt., i428-66th St., 

Brooklvn, X. Y. 
Bacon, Lee' W.; Wag., R. F. D. Xo. 1. 

South Fairlee. Vt. 
Barletta, Peter; Pvt., 1 334 Herkimer St., 

Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Batease, Archie G.; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. Xo. 1, 

Wells, Vt. 
Bean, Roy E.; Corp., 9 West St., 

Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Beane, Raymond R.; Sgt., 25 Crescent St., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Bearor, Arthur W.; Pvt., 3 Clymer St., 

Burlington, Vt. 
Beattie, Eustis E.; Pvt.icl., 

Lyndonville, Vt. 
Benson, Car! E.; Corp., 7 Goldsmith PL, 

Roxbury, Mass. 
Bessette, Edward; Wag., 

East Charlotte, Vt. 
Betts, Leighton H.; Pvt., 

Bristol, Vt. 
Billings, Heywood Y.; Sgt., 

Mountain Lakes, X. J. 
Bilo, John; Pvt., 

West Pawlet, Vt. 
Blair, Arthur J.; Bugl., 11 High St., 

Haverhill, Mass. 
Bolton, Harry A.; Pvt., 

Xorth Troy, Vt. 
Bonnett, Frank E. ; Corp., 

Xorth Thetford, Vt. 
Boulgaris, Leonidas A.; Cook, 13 Magazine St., 

Cambridge, Mass. 
Brackett, Herman C; Pvt., 

Casco, Me. 
Brennan, John D., Jr.; Pvt., Pleasant Mount, 

Wayne Co., Pa. 
Brennan, Ralph A.; Mech., 

Xewport, X. H. 
Brown, Albert J.; Mech., 39 Granite St., 

Webster, Mass. 
Bruya, Raymond A.; Pvt.icl., 

Middleburv, Vt. 
Bullard, Haven S.; Pvt., 

Springfield, Vt. 
Buller, Henry; Pvt., 1145 Bath Ave., 

Brooklvn, X. Y. 
Burgin, Ralph W.; Pvt., 

Groton, Vt. 
Burns, John C; Corp., 41 Tremont St., 

Cambridge, Mass. 
Burrell, James A.; Corp., 20 Lincoln PI., 

Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Butler, Albert; Pvt., 246 Pratt Road, 

Fitchburg, Mass. 



Calhoun, Philip S.; Pvt., 43 South St., 

Middleburv, Vt. 
Carlson, Carl H.; Pvt., 57 Denmark Ave., 

Muskegon, Mich. 
Caron, Fred P.; Pvt.icl., School St., 

Troy, X. H. 
Carter, Joseph J.; Ch.Mech., 

Robinson, Vt. 
Carter, Roland P.; Pvt.icl., 

Poultney, Vt. 
Cavagnaro, Frank; Pvt., 69 Adelphi St., 

Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Chapman, Courtney G ; Cook, Route 3, Society Hill, 

Chesterfield, S. C. 
Chase. Orville H.; Sgt, 

Xorth Springfield Vt. 
Cherrier, Earl A.\ Pvt., R F. D. Xo 1, 

Fairfax, Vt. 
Clark, Frank A.; Pvt., 

Glover, Yr. 
Clarke, Milton W.; Corp., 

Berlin, X. H. 
Colburn, Edward R.; Sgt., 11 Pratt St., 

Revere, Mass. 
Collins, Joseph J.; Pvt.icl., S3 Brook Ave., 

Dorchester, Mass. 
Cotier, Harold J.: Pvt.icl., 

Greenville. Me. 
Cross, Howard L.; Pvt., R. F. D. Xo. 3, 

Brandon, Vt. 
Curtis, Arthur B.; Pvt.icl., 29 Kneeland St., 

Boston, Mass. 
Daily, Henry; Bug!., 

Xorth Ferrisburg, Vt. 
Daves, McTimothy; Pvt., Route 3, 

Pickens, S. C. 
Day, George L.; Pvt., 

Fackler, Ala. 
Denton, Claude A.; Pvt.icl., 

Whiting, Vt. 
Denton, Ervin L.; Pvt.icl., 

Whiting, Vt. 
Dumas, Dayton O.; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. Xo. 1, 

East Shoreham, Vt. 
Fklund, Carl B.; Pvt., 105 Broadway, 

Salem, Mass. 
Engelhardt, John L.; Pvt., 3614 X. Claremont Ave., 

Chicago, 111. 
Farr, Ralph L.; Pvt., R. F. D. Xo. 2, 

Hardwick, Vt. 
Farrar, Loren J.; Mech., R. F. D. Xo. 1, 

Enosburg Falls, Vt. 
Faufaw, Gordon G.; Pvt.icl., 

Woodsville, X. H. 
Fernane, Mortimer F.; Pvt., 82 Dorchester St., 

Worcester, Mass. 
Flinn, William T.; Pvt.icl., 114 Gardner St., 

West Roxburv, Mass. 
Flood, John P.; Pvt., 

Poultney, Vt. 
Foster, William V.; Corp., 

Xewport, Vt. 
Gardner, Edward A.; Pvt.icl., 

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Garrow, George R.: Pvt.icl., R. F. I). No. i, 

I m sours Falls, Vt. 
Garvey, Gerald T.; Pvt., 5904 MacPherson Ave, 

St. Louis, Mo. 
Glander, I l.irr\ A.; Pvt.icl., 297 West 12th St., 

New York (.'in 
I .con I- '.: : 

( Means, Vr. 
Gran I I « I E., Ir.; I'vt., 

Bradford N't. 
Grosse, fohn; Pvt., 404, Grandview Ave., 

Ridgewood N. V. 
Hall, Chem A.; Pvt. 73 Newton St., 

Holyoki Mass. 
Hallenbrook, Fred J.; Corp., 21 Milk St. 

Boston Mas.. 
Hatch Frank I'.; Wag., 9 Mi. Vernon s ' 

Winchester M 
Hathawa; GeorgeM.; Pvt.icl. 1 Wa 

M lebur) Vt. 
Hebert Ernest C.; Pvt., 83 Frederick S - 

Manchester, N. H. 
Hemming l< \.; Pvt., 

Barton, N't. 
H Geoi Pvt. 

Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vt. 
Herbeck Frederii kl 3 •.. R. F. D. Box 101, 

Bloomfield Conn. 
Herman, William; Pvt | ..; Stanhope St.. 

Brooklyn N. V. 
Herring Leon; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. No. 

Burgaw V C. 
Horton, Karl; Sgt., 25 Union St., 

Taunton, Mi 5, 
Howe, William D.; Wag., 

Bradford, N. H. 
Hughes, Hugh D.; Pvt., B01 

Pi lultnej , N't. 
1 [umphrey, Griffith; I'vt., 

Castleton, N't, 
Hurd, William J.; Sgt., 

N ergennes, N't. 
Hutchinson, Frank 1 J .; Pvt.icl, 14 Maple St., 

Newport N. H. 
Jarvis, Joseph; Wag., 

Isle La Motte, Vt. 
Jenkins, Robert I..; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Powder Springs, Ga. 
Johnson, Frank P.; Pvt.icl., 17 Reesdale St., 

Allston, Mass. 
Kamiensky, Henry; Pvt., 9 Sullivan St., 

Kingston, Pa. 
Kaufman, Abraham; Pvt., jo Sylvan Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Kearney, Joseph I..; Corp., [34 NN'est 96th St., 

New York City 
Kelley, Charles J.;' Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Fair Haven N't. 
Kelly, Charles P.; Sgt., 30 Marble St., 

NN'est Rutland, N I 
Kenney, Harry I..; Sgt., 4S Washington St., 

Brewer, Me 
KniL'ht, Joseph I'.; Pvt.icl., S4 Goff St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
I.acourse, Alfred F..; NVag., 

Orleans, N't. 
Lamprey, Charles NV.; Pvt., 4 Central Sq., 

Brockton, Mas-,. 
Lawrence, Philip J.; Pvt., 345 E. 99th St., 

New York City 



Lee, John M.; Pvt.icl., 10 Spellman Terrace, 

Rutland,, N't. 
I.erch. Harr) F ; Pi I 

I lamilton, Pa. 
Leu is, E rvin L.; Pvt., 

I lancock, Vt. 
Lindsle) , Hiram C.j P\ 1 

Brandon N't. 
McNamara, Prank E., Corp., Villagi 
West Medn aj Mass. 

Mahcu, Benjamin; Corp., R. F. 1). No. 2, 

Middli Inn 1 \ ■ 
McKinnon, Thomas F.; G 

Bristol, N't. 

Mahonej Charles B.; I'm 427 Howard N 

New 1 lav en, Conn. 
May, Oakley E.; Pvt. 

Granville, N't. 
Mayo, Leon J.; Sgt., 2; Union S( . 

NN indsor, N't. 
Miner, Daniel K.; Pvt., K. F. D. No. 4, 

Barre, N't. 
Minott, Prank F..; Corp. Si, Everett St. 

Middleboro Mass. 
Moore Albert 1-..; Corp.. 

North Hero \ t. 
Moran, James J.; Pvt.. 300 New Main St. 

i" onkers, N. Y. 
Morrison, Ham H.; Pvt.icl., 

St. Johnsburj N't. 
Morse George C.j Pvt.icl., 

Danville, N't. 
Murphy, Charles 11.: Corp., Fast Main St., 

A\ mi, Mass. 
Nutting, George P.; Pvt.. 

Hartland, N't. 
Parent. John A.; Corp., 

New Haven, N't. 
Paterno, John; Pvt.icl., 24S iSth St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Phillips, Wade A.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, 

Seneca, S. C. 
Pittsley, Lorenzo G.; Pvt., :'« School St., 

Middleboro, Mass. 
Platania, Charles; Pvt., !'y Abbott Blvd., 

Palisade, N. J. 
Pontc, Manuel. Jr.; PvLIcI., 2210 N. Main St., 

Fall River Mass. 
Pvle. Harry A.; Pvt.. 

Blue Rock, Ohio 
Richard, Henry; NVag., Acushnet Station, Box 

New Bedford, Mass. 
Roller, Charles; Pvt., 4219.15th Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Ho ell, Albert G.; Pvt., 1242.53rd St., ', Hunter 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Rowell, James J.; Corp., R. F. D. No. I, 

Hardwick, N't. 
Rowlee, Harold R.j Wag., 

Felchville, N't 
Sakaluski. Joseph; Pvt., 42s Green St., 

NN'est Hazelton, Pa. 
Scholl, Edward J.; 1st Sgt., c/o John M. Scholl, 

Louisville, Ky. ,41 Norton Bldg., 

Schwab, Frank; Wag., 993 Glenmore Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Scully, James; Pvt., 529 NN'est 133d St., 

New York City 
Searl, Sherburn C; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. No. I, 

Cavendish, N't. 



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Shultz, Artuse; Pvt., 4 Ledge St. Court, 

Worcester, Mass. 
Six, Earl; Corp., 7 Jarvis Court, 

Windsor. Vr. 
Snide, Luther \V.; Pvt., 

Springfield, Vt. 
Spaulding, James S.; Cook, 

Proctorsville, Vt. 
Stabler, Ernest L.; Pvt., Box 57, 

North, S. C. 
Stahnke, William G.; Pvt., 156 West Grand Ave., 

Chicago, 111. 
Steele, Willard C; Corp., 

Moberly, Mo. 
Strom, Leonard E.; Pvt.lcl., 

Donovan, 111. 
Sweeney, Patrick J.; Pvt., 

Castleton, Vt. 
Sweet, Ralph C; Mech., 

West Lincoln, Vt. 
Swenor, Byron B.; Pvt., 

Shoreham, Vt. 
Tanner, George L.; Pvt., 

Milton, N. H. 
Thiaville, Joseph D.; Corp., 

Fair Haven, Vt. 
Thibault, Victor W.; Pvt.ic!., 4; Elm St., 

St. Albans, Vt. 
Trombley, Abraham A ; Corp., 

Shoreham, Vt. 



Turner, James C; Pvt., 

Clover, S. C. 
Vause, Jarrot T.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, 

Timmonsville, S. C. 
Vinton, Francis W.; Pvt., 

Braintree, Vt. 
Wald, Charles C; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, 

Walahalla, S. C. 
Walker, Paul R.; Pvt., 68 Woodstock Ave., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Watson, Sam C; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, 

Bennettsville, S. C. 
Webster, William; Pvt., 3 Delaware St., 

Worcester, Mass. 
Welty, John B.; Pvt., 6555 North Ashland Ave., 

Chicago, 111. 
Werner, George W.; Corp., 3931 N. Marshfield Ave., 

Chicago, 111. 
White, Albert L.; Pvt., 316 Lamon Ave.. 

Chicago, 111. 
White, Thomas A.; Sgt., 122 Taylor St., 

Waltham, Mass. 
Wilson, Charles; Pvt., 

Middleburv, Vt. 
Wilson, Edgar E.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Jeffersonville, Ind. 
Yates, Sanford R.; Pvt., 314 Mill St., 

Fort Worth, Texas. 
Zellar, Howard; Pvt., 1509 S. Main St., 

Phillipsburg, N. J. 



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Aborn, William H.: Corp., 9 Fairfax St., 

Dorchester, Mass- 
Adams, John S.; Pvt., 

Burgaw , N. C. 
Adams, Lowell G.; Pvt., 

Ludlow, \'t. 
Ahem, Ccurge; Pvt.icl., 32 Camden Ave., 

Providence, R. I. 
Aldrich, James F.J Corp., Mount Pleasant St., 

St. Johnsbury, Vt. 
Aim, Charles H.; Pvt., 3035 N. Ashland Ave., 

Chicago, III. 

in, Frederick; Pvt., 

V\ atervliet, N. V. 
Andrews, Foster I.; Sgt., 

Morrisville, \'t. 
Atwood, Clarence C; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. 

Bristol, \'t. 
Badger, Clarence F.; Sgt., 

Hyde Park, Yt. 
Ball, Horace F.; Corp., 

Cobleskill, N. Y. 
Barlow, Paul E.; Wag., 

Moulton, Ala. 
Harriett, Thomas J.; Pvt., 506 Chestnut St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Beebe, John J.; Pvt.icl., 26 Caroline St., 

Saratoga, X. Y. 
Belden, Ashley M; Wag., 

Shoreham, Vt. 
Belvedere, Joseph; Pvt.icl., 5616 New Utrech Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Berninger, Walter; Corp., 303 W. 126th St., 

New York City 
Berry, Guy C; Wag., 

West Fox, Me. 
Binnie, James; Pvt.icl., 164 W. 66th St., 

New York City 
Blackmer, Clarence M.; Bugl., 

Dorset, Yt. 
Blasch, Gustave A.; Pvt., 558 Woodward Ave., 

Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Blethen, Davis M.; Mech., 

Salem Depot, N. H. 
Boardman, Dennis; Pvt.icl., 

Morrisville, Vt. 
Booker, John L.; Pvt., 

Fairfield Ctr., Me. 
Bostwick, Riley A.; Cook, 

Granville, Vt. 
Bradford, Phil L.; Corp., 

Wayne, Me. 
Brady, Cornelius; Pvt.icl., 4 Hampden St., 

Ludlow, Ma«. 
Brewster, Buell A.; Sgt., 

Cambridge, Vt. 
Cappuccio, Carmino; Pvt., 57 Coutland St., 

Everett, Mass 
Carey, Frank; Wag., 151 F'ront St., 

Port Jervis, N. Y. 
Cavanagh, John J.; Pvt., 641A Baltic St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Chase, Harrv A.; Pvt., 
Colebrook, N. H. 



Cleveland, Grover I.; Pvt.icl., 

ida, N. Y. 
Coiro, Lewis; Pvt., 264 N. 9th St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Cook, Walter S.; Pvt.icl., 

Bennington, Yt. 
Cram, Pcrrv I..; Pvt.icl., 

Lincoln, Yt. 
Daley, Edward P.; Wag., 

Colebrook, N. H. 
Dalle Molle, Benedict F.j Pvt., :;i Broadway, 

Boston. Mas-. 
Davis, Lewis A.; Pvt., 

Esmond, R. I. 
Dejadon, Napoleon J.; Corp., 

Middlebur) , \ t. 
Dillenbeck, John W.; Pvt., 118 Hedgeman St., 

Schenectady, N. Y. 
Domino, Frank L.; Pvt., 

\ ergennes, Vt. 
Downes, Irvin R.; Sgt., 24 Hamilton Ave., 

Orange, Mass. 
Drew, Willis IX; Corp., R. F. D. No. 3, 

Monrpelier, Yt. 
Drouin, Samuel; Pvt., -4 Water St., 

Lawrence, Mass. 
Dunn, John J.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Stamford, Yt. 
Dyner, Felix; Pvt., 695 Fifth St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Eastman, Edward Y.; Sgt., 

Windsor, Yt. 
Ellis, Oral R.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 4, No. 34, 

Oakland, Me. 
Elwell, Clyde A.; Pvt., 

S. Shattsbury, Vt. 
Estey, Charles B.; Sup.Sgt., 

Springfield, Yt. 
Fairbanks, Robert C; Wag., 

Cassetts, Yt. 
Fortin, Alfred; Pvt.icl., 

Swanton, Vt. 
Frary, Adrian W.J Pvt.icl., 

South Royalton, Vt. 
French, William G.; Pvt.icl., -5 Alsop St., 

Jamaica, N. Y. 
Fritz, Burpee E.; Pvt., 60 Lincoln St., 

North Abington, Vt. 
Futrell, Grover C; Pvt., 1208 Lackawanna Ave., 

Jacksonville, Fla. 
Gaudette, Oscar; Pvt.icl., 143 West Hollis St., 

Nashua, N. H. 
Graham, John R.: Pvt.icl., 

Watkinsville, Ga. 
us, Raymond P.; Sgt., 90S Kirkpatrick St., 

Syracuse, N. 1 . 
Gray, Vivian, Jr.; Pvt., 

Denand, Fla. 
Grodinsky, Lewis; Pvt., 251 Linden St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Guible, Jacke; Bugl., 

Fitzdale, Yt. 
Haight, Walter E.J W 

N. Ferrisburg, Vt. 



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Harrington, Wallace; Sgt., 

S. Shaftsbury, Vt. 
Hartshorn, Ivan C. ; Corp., 

E. Concord, Vt. 
Harwood, Fred J.; Corp., 

Rupert, Yt. 
Henke, Hugo ().; Pvt.icl., Box 217, 

Mellen, Wis. 
Herden, Edward; Pvt., 138 Wyckoff Ave., 

Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Hodgson, Oscar F. ; Pvt.icl., 

Campton, N. H. 
Hoffman, Isador; Pvt.icl., 5616 New L'trech Ave., 

Brooklyn X. "\ . 
olloway, Walter C; Pvt.icl., 

Soperton, Ga. 
Honeycutt Herbert; Pvt., 

Four Oaks, X. C. 
Home, Percy H.; Pvt., 

Dover, Me. 
Hoyd, Earl W.; Pvt., 

Zaleski, Ohio 
Hutton, John G.; Corp., Main St., 

Bennington, Yt. 
Ingram. William B.; Pvt., 

Parnell, Mo. 
Irish, Walter L.; Mech., 

W. Lincoln, Vt. 
Irving, David K.; Wag., 

Hampton Falls, X. H. 
Johnson, Fred A.; Pvt., Route Xo. 2, Box 60, 

Staunton, 111. 
Jones, Fred; Pvt., 

Kenly, N. C. 
Jones, John H.; Pvt.icl., 38 E. Liberty St., 

Ashley, Pa. 
Joslyn, Charles; Pvt., 

Lindenville, Yt. 
Kandel, Sydney; Pvt.icl., 402 West 44th St., 

New York City 
Karakos, Louis E.; Pvt., 52 Locke St., 

Haverhill, Mass. 
Karkavatios, Nicholas; Cook, 

Boston, Mass. 
Kenetick, John G.; 1st Sgt., Prospect St., 

Barre, Yt. 
Kennett, William H.; Pvt.icl., 

Montgomery, Yt. 
Kershaw, James E.; Pvt., 38 Clark Ave., 

Pawtucket, R. I. 
Kilbourn, Francis L.; Corp., 

Bristol, Yt. 
Knippel, Henry W.; Pvt., 1621 Bryn Mawr Ave., 

Chicago, 111. 
Knox, Robert B.; Sgt., 174 Merchant St., 

Barre, Yt. 
Kolbick, Michael; Pvt., 27 Gates St., 

Detroit, Mich. 
Krupinski, John J.; Pvt., 125 South Halsted St., 

Chicago, 111. 
Krzemieniewski, Leo F.; 1230 Madison St., 

Chicago, III. 
Larron, Joseph; Wag., Pearl Lake Rd., 

Waterbury, Conn. 
Laundry, Henry J.; Pvt., 130 Webster St., 

E. Boston, Mass. 
Leonard, John T.; Cook, Westerdale, 

Woodstock, Yt. 
Lord, Fred ].; Corp., 72 Mason St., 

Berlin, N. H. 



Lovett, Miller H.; Corp., 

Middlebury, Vt. 
Lower, Joseph L.; Pvt.icl., 37 Water St., 

St. Albans, Vt. 
Luce, Burton H.; Ch.Mech., 

South Pomfret, Yt. 
Lynsky, George M.; Pvt., 49 Oxford Ave., 

Dudley, Worcester, Mass. 
McDermott, Joseph F.; Pvt., R. F. D., 

Valley Falls, R. I. 
McLean Arthur G.; Pvt.icl., 

Anson, Me. 
Markowitz, Joseph; Pvt., '14 West 11 8th St., 

Xew York City 
Marsh, Gordon A.; Corp., 

Norton Mills, Yt. 
Matthews, Charles A.; Pvt.icl., R. F. I). X,.. 3, 

Bristol, Yt. 
Mayo, Wallace J.; Mess Sgt., 

Middlebury, Yt. 
Miller, Leon W.; Pvt.icl., R. V. D., 

North Stratford Vt. 
Mitchell, James F.; Wag.. 749 Atwells Ave., 

Providence. R. I. 
Monahan, William; Pvt., 462 Maple St., 

Holvoke, Mass. 
Moselev, Perrv D.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. I, Box 73, 

Bald Knob, Ark. 
Munger, Walter; Pvt., 396 Hamilton Ave., 

Waterbury, Conn. 
Murphy, Cornelius J.; Pvt., 174 Burwcll St., 

Little Falls, X. Y. 
Murphy, Thomas R.; Pvt.icl., 

Granville, X. Y. 
Nelson, Harold B.; Pvt.icl., 103 Barre v.. 

Montpelier, Yt. 
Nichols, Charles E.; Wag., 

Barre, Yt. 
Nichols, Ray E.; Corp., R. F. D., 

Felchville, Yt. 
Nier, Albert; Corp., 1102 Halsey St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Nulty, James H.; Pvt., 9 Elbert St., 

Roxbury, Mass. 
Osha, Arthur T.; Corp., 

Rochester, Yt. 
Paine, Robert C; Corp., 

Bethel, Yt. 
Patenode, Joseph F.; Pvt.icl., Box 32, 

Highgate Falls, Yt. 
Pedlev, Edward; Pvt.icl, 21 Tremont St., 

Central Falls, R. I. 
Pelletier, Lawrence; Wag., 14 Branchard St., 

New Bedford, Mass. 
Place, Earle J.; Corp., 

Newport Center, Yt. 
Ploof, Mark H.; Corp., 

Stowe, Vt. 
Quebec, Edmund E.; Pvt.icl., 202 Lake St., 

St. Albans, Xt. 
Riley, John J.; Pvt., 227 Lake Ave., 

Manchester, X. H. 
Robinson, William E.; Pvt.icl., 

Bloomfield, Yt. 
Rockwell, Julian P.; Sgt., 

Swanton, Yt. 
Rowe, Kinard; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 4, 

Saluda, N. C. 
Russell, Charles; Pvt.icl., 

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Russell, Leon; Corp., R. F. D. No. 2, 
Stowe, Vt. 

Sanborn, Benjamin F.j Wag., 14 Clifton Ave., 

Salem, Mass. 
Shaw, Raymond H.J Pvt, IS; Summer St., 

Springfield, Vt 

Shaw, Samuel; Corp., 
North Pownal, Vt. 
Shepard, Lewis K.; Pvticl., R. K. I). No. 2, 

Bristol, Vt. 
Shurtleff, Howard J.; Pvt, 15 Elm St., 

Middleboro, Mass. 
Siklek, Max; Way., 26 Clinton St., 

Springfield, Vt 
Silvia, Manuel E., 3rd; Pvt., Box S ;, 

South Hanover, Mass. 
Sperry, Harold W.j Cook, 

Brandon, \'t. 
Stearns, William F., Jr.; Corp., Francis St., 

Naugatuch, Conn. 
St. John, Henry; Pvt, R. F. D. No. I, 

Vergennes, Vt 
Tatiosian, Vartan; Pvtld., 154 Brockton Ave, 

Abington, Mass. 
Tatro. Oliver I ..; Sgt, 

Vergennes, Vt. 
Taylor, Carlton L.; Cook, 

Hyannis, Mass. 
Taylor, Howard A.; Wag., 231 Argyle Rd., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 



Thompson, John W.j Pvticl., 1758 Third Ave., 

New York City 
Toner, Reginald; Wag 

Hamilton, Mass. 
Walbridge, Henry B.; Ci>rp., 

Bennington, Vt. 
Ward, Isaac I-.; Pvt., 

Ripley, Ohio 
Weeks, Percy F.; Pvt.lcl., 1 2- Main St, 

Spencer, Mass. 
Welch, Thomas; Pvticl., 

Southington, Conn. 
White, Rudd I..; Corp., 

Bennington, Vt. 
Wieliel, Gustave B.; Wag., [6 Filth St., 

Woodside, L. I., N. V. 
Wiethoff, John, Jr.; Pvt, 2466 McBrayer St., 

Cincinnati, Ohio 
Williams, David W.; Pvt., R. F. D. X... 1, 

Bentonville, N. C. 
Williams, Raleigh N.: Pvt., R. F. D., 

Eagle Springs, N. C. 
Wilson, Clarence H. j Ch.Mech., P. O. No. --, 

Bennington, Vt. 
Wilson, Virgil F..; Pvt., 

Green Cove Springs, Fla. 
Wooten, George W.; Pvt., 

Picher, Okla. 
Zuravsky, Boleslaw; Saddler, S. Franklin St., 

Holhrook, Mass. 



BATTERY D 



Ahlberg, Eric A.; Sup.Sgt., 171 Prospect St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Alderman, Samuel M.; Corp., 40 Spruce St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Amendola, Tony; Pvt., 70 Adeline St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Armstrong, Luther K.; Pvt., 518 Piedmont Ave., 

Canton, Ohio. 
Aronson, Bernard; Pvt.icl., 128 West nth St, 

New York City 
Balekaes, John; Pvt., 15 Diamond St., 

Union City, Conn. 
Basilico, Nick; Pvt.icl, 31 Bav 14th St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Beaudette, Edward; Sgt., Box 463, 

Wilder, Vt 
Berman, David E.; Corp., 176 Washington Ave.. 

New Haven, Conn. 
Berry, Winfield M.; Pvt.icl., 1415 River St., 

Hvde Park, Mass. 
Blake, 'Patrick J.; Pvt., < River St., 

North Walpole, N. H. 
Bober, Jacob; Pvt.icl., 660 Hallett St., 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
Bolen, Thomas; Pvt., 1 1 2 W. King St., 

Shippensburg, Pa. 
Bonasera, John; Pvt.icl., 75 1 i-ijth Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Bossardet, Jacob G.; Pvt.icl., 5S9 Metropolitan 

Brooklyn, N. Y. [Ave. 

Breland, William I.; Pvt., 1 21 8 Devine St., 

Columbia, S. C. 
Brouillard, Joseph; Pvt.icl., 51 Columbus St., 

Manchester, N. H. 
Bryce, Owen; Pvt.icl., 9S Baltic St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Cameron, Hugh W.; Corp., 62 Bowery St., 

Cohoes, N. Y. 
Caperton, Thomas W.; Pvt., 

Greenwood, Ark. 
Carey, Dennis J.; Pvt.icl., 749-ioth Ave., 

New York City 
Carty, Patrick W.; Pvt., 

Lancaster, N. H. 
Cassani, Antonio; Pvt., 45 Granite St., 

Barre, Vt. 
Childs, Kenneth J.; Wag., 2242 Creston Ave., 

New York Citv 
Clack, Floyd H.; Pvt., 

Chester, S. C. 
Clark, Samuel F.; Pvt., 

Lovilia, la. 
Classey, Edward A.; Sgt., 40 Rubber Ave., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Cominskie, George J.; Pvt.icl., Box 385, 

Girardville, Pa. 
Conlon, John A.; Pvt., 69 Harbor St., 

Nashua, N. H. 
Connor, Irby Q.; Pvt., 140 Pinkney St., 

Chester N". C. 
Corley, Cleophus; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 4, 

Saluda, S. C. 
Cormack, George H.; Pvt., 47 Saunders St., 

North Weymouth, Mass. 



Cote, Alexander L.; Pvt., 8 Central St., 

Windsor, Vt. 
Cote, Charles W.; Pvt., 315 Wood Ave., 

Woonsocket, R. I. 
Crawford, Carl McM.; Sgt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

New Milford, Conn. 
Cucurello, Michael, Pvt.icl., 33 Myrtle St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Cuddy, Edward T.; Pvt., 11 Church St., 

Nauuatuck, Conn. 
Deans, Elijah F; Pvt.icl., R. F. D. No. 3, 

Princeton, N. C. 
DeHeldt, Frank R.; Corp., 2S0 Portsea St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Dennison, Artson V.; Corp., P. O. Box 180, 

Claremont, N. H. 
Dion, Louis F.; Bugl., 641 State St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
DiPillo^Salvatore; Pvt.icl., 339 Cherry Ave., S. E. 

Canton, Ohio 
Donnelly, John J.; Sgt., 35 William St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Duquette, Wilbur J.; Sgt., 176 Washington St., 

Barre, Vt. 
Dwire, Harry C; Sgt., 

Stockbridge, Vt. 
Dymond, Roval; Pvt.icl., 5 Sheldon St., 

Glens Falls, N. Y. 
Ehehalt, Rudolph; Pvt.icl., 7 Wooster PI., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Eldridge, Richard B.; Pvt.icl., 801 Albany St., 

Schenectady, N. Y. 
Evendorff, Charles; Pvt., 1050 Dean St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Fessler, George; Pvt.icl., 405 Woolsey Ave., 

Astoria, L. I., N. Y. 
Fife, Orville P.; Pvt., Box 10, 

Canterburv Center, N. H. 
Fimbcl, Alfred L.; Pvt.icl., 71 Mary St., Aldenville, 

Cnicopee Falls, Mass. 
Fischer, Gustav E.; Pvt.icl., 61 JerTery Ave., 

Jamaica, L. I., N. Y. 
Fitzgerald, Thomas J.; Ch.Mec, Eng. Co., No. 22, 

Providence, R. I. 
Fitzpatrick, Patrick J.; Corp., 1 19 Clinton Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Fox, Daniel; Pvt.icl., P. O. Box 46, Warren Point, 

Bergen Co., N. J. 
Frankfurter, John O; Sgt., 321 Newhall St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
French, Herbert L.; Wag., 

South Londonderry, Vt. 
Frerichs, George, Jr.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Gilman, 111. 
Fuller, Frederick; Pvt., 249 Wilson Ave., 

Brooklvn, N. Y. 
Gallagher, Rusell J.; Pvt., 93 Lake PI., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Gaynor, Albert T.; Pvt., 63 Bassett St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Geffken, George F. W.; Pvt., 

Rockfall, Conn. 
Gladu, Emmanuel; Pvt., 278 Manchester St., 

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Gfe) . Walter B.; Way., P. O. Box I 26, 

\1\ stic. Conn. 
Graham, William; Wag., P. O. Box 45, 

Lew iston, Vt. 
Grenda, John; Pvt.icl., i-:|, Washington St., 

Worcester, Mass. 
Griffin, John; Pvt., I [43 Greene Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 
Griffith, Truman A.; Pvt., Motor, R. B., 

Kingfisher, Okla. 
Gross, Shirlcv B.: Pvt., 

Oceanville, Me. 
Guthrie, George A.; Sgt., 73 Rosette St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Hale, Rufus F.; Corp., 3S1 Harvard St., 

Cambridge, Mass. 
Hammond, Lawrence E.; Pvt., 1 1 ; North White St., 

Le Roy, 111. 
Hemmig, Anthony 1.; Pvt,, 1 54- N. Ninth St., 

Reading, Pa. 
Hennessey, James \\; Corp., ;'>4 \\ ashington St., 

Muldletown, Conn. 

Clarence J.; Corp., 71 Hoadley St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Holland, John W.; Pvt., [69] So. Main St., 

hall River, Mass. 
Hollenbach, John R.; Cook, 21 Bridge St., 

Windsor, Vt. 
Hoy land, William; Pvt.icl., Main St., c L. Burleigh 

Middletown, Conn. 
Hudon, Edward I.; Pvt. icl., 

Salmon Falls, N. H. 
Johnson, Ellsworth S., Cook, 

Springfield, Vt. 
Jones, Ellis L.; Pvt., [37 Shelton Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Kallimnios, John; Pvt. Icl., 34 Sommer St., 

East Boston, Mass. 
Kane, Robert; Pvt.icl., P. 0. Box 335, 

Huron, O, 
Karpe, John J.; Bugl. R. F. D. 3, 71 Silver St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Kay, Willie M.; Pvt.. 

Honea Path, S. C. 
Keane, Patrick; Pvt., 4;'] Union St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Kiernan, John F..; Pvt., 49 Lyman St., 

Providence, R. 1. 
Kimball, Benjamin L. D.; Pvt., Box 5 1 , 

Bridgeton, Me. 
Kinney, William C; Pvt. icl., 166 Spring St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Kremser, William C.j Mech., 174 Foster St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Lavigne, Arthur; Pvt.icl., 26 Green St., 

Putnam, Conn. 
Lazaro, Louis; Pvt., 1 1" Monroe St., 

Rahway, N. J. 
Lee, Radford; Pvt., 

Four Oaks, N. C. 
I.epre, Vincenzo; Pvt., 9] Dean St., 

Providence, R. 1. 
Lew's, Eli C; Pvt., 41- Kingston St., 

West Somerville, Mass. 
Lizotte, George; Pvt., -2 E. Walnut St., 

Nashua, N. H. 
I gan, Charles C.J Wag., 

West Cheshire, Conn. 
Lovejoy, Walter F.j Wag., 

North Chestervillc, Me. 



Luby, Stanley S.; Pvt. id., 13 Dwight Si 

Bristol. Conn. 
Marico, Anthony A.; Pvt. icl., ;<y Wilson St., 

New Haven. Conn. 
Manial, Berth; Pvt.. Cor. 16th sX Hosmer Sts., 

E. Saginaw, Mich. 
Martinelli, Dominico; Pvt. icl., New field St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Matteson, Frank; Pvt.icl., 6j Shearwood St., 

Providence, R. 1. 
McGee, Marion E.J Pvt.. 

Scranton, S. C. 
M( Mahon, John G.; Pvt., 63 Bassett St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
McNamara, John J.; Pvt.icl., [6 Schofield St., 

Providence, R. I. 

McNicol, Daniel, Jr.; Corp., 66 Canner St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Meagher, Thomas F.; Wag., 318 Exchange St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Miller, James I.; Wag., 4S Harvest St., 

Providence, R. I. 
Munzner, Edward V.; Wag., 31 Linden St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Nagy, Andrew; Wag., 860 Noble Ave., 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
Nightingale, Joseph; Corp., 1830 Cornelia St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Noble, William, Jr.; Sgt., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Petrainolo, William; Corp., 103 Wallace St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Phaneuf, Ferdinand J. A.; Pvt.icl., 90 Rumtord St., 

Concord, N. H. 
Pinn, David B.; Pvt.icl., 75 Sherman Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Pluff', Clarence B.; Corp., 00 Shelton Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Poirier, Frank, Pvt., 478 Moody St., 

Lowell, Mass. 
Polly, Russell B.; Pvt.icl., 

Clayville.N. Y. 
Poulin, George; Bugl., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Pratt, George A.; Pvt.icl., 163 Church St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Price, Fred L.; Pvt., 

Aurora, N. C. 
Purcell, Ernest F.j Pvt., 11 Lincoln Place, 

West Newton, Mass. 
Rausch, David E., Wag., 1 1 2 Foster St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Raymond, Peter E.; Pvt.icl., R. F. D., No. I, 

Springfield, Vt. 
Raytkwich, J. C. Jr.; 1st Sgt., 121 South Main St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Reed, John C; Pvt., 

Catlin, 111. 

Reynolds, James J.; Sgt., 140 Carlisle St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Richardson, Waldo H.; Pvt.icl., 31 Prospect St., 

Waltham, Mass. 
Robinson, Curtis; Wag., 

Ludlow, Vt. 
Robinson, Wilbur S.; \'\ 1., 

Harrington, Me. 
Rogers, Nat C; Corp., 

Bridgewater Corners, Vt. 



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Roth, Edward F.; Pvt., 2511 Chapline St., 

Wheeling, W. Ya. 
Rudolph, Herman G.; Corp., 21 Brenner St., 

Plainville, Mass. 
Rush, Patrick J.; Pvt., 1926 No. Kostner Ave., 

Chicago, 111. 
Rynkiewitz, William; Corp., 1423 Elston Ave., 

Chicago, 111. 
Sage, Benjamin A.; Corp., 

Rocktall, Conn. 
Sandella, Settimio; Pvt. icl., 300 Portsea St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Sargent, Frederick; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, Box 8c, 

North Lubec, Me. 
Sedon, Edward A.; Pvt., 135 Congress Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Skubel, Stanley A.; Cook., 60 South Main St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Sokol, Peter; Wag., 149 Rosette St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Sorg, Francis A.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Summerfield, Ohio 
Squires, Ailing O.; Pvt., 701 High St., 

Union City, Conn. 
Stetson, Leo J.; Pvt., 61 Mechanic St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Stevens, Llewellyn; Pvt., 

Houlton, Me. 
Stewart, John; Corp., c/o Mrs. Wvlie, 

Westbury, L. I., N. Y. 
Sweet, Harry; Wag., 1009 Poland Ave., 

Youngstown, O. 
Swyers, Edgar; Pvt., 259 Brookline St., 

Cambridge, Mass. 



Talchi, Sabatino; Sad., 71 Minor St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Taylor, Harland R.; Corp., 

Springfield, Yt. 
Tosko, Joseph G.; Cook., 42 Walnut St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Tregger, Seamon; Wag., 77 French St., 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
Tvedt, Aaron M.; Pvt., 115 Olive St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Yaughan, Leslie R.; Pvt. icl., 

Felchville, Vt. 
Welsher, Arthur E.; Mech., 

Gasport, N. Y. 
Wilson, Forrest C; Pvt., 

Medfield, Mass. 
Winslow, Enoch L.; Wag., Winslow's Garage, 
cor. Church <!<: Barstow Sts., 

Mattapoisett, Mass. 
Wood, Walter E.; Pvt., 

Ludlow, Yt. 
Walker, John R.; Pvt., 1206 Tampa St., 

Tampa, Fla. 
Woodcock, Washington W.; Pvt. icl., 

Weston, Yt. 
Yarborough, Paul S.; Pvt., 

Forest City, N. C. 
Yattaw, William; Pvt., 

Yergennes, Vt. 
Yeager, Walter R.; Pvt., Third St., 

Wierton, W. Va. 
Zeppetella, Elia; Pvt., Chancey St., 

Allington, West Haven, Conn. 



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Acampora, Lawrence; C ' 'k, 5; Collis St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Albano, Philip; Pvt., 22,-; Hughes Ave., 

Bronx, \. V. 

Anderson, Ernest I.; Pvt., 606 Warren Ave., 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
Aubrey, Allen J.; Corp., 78 Warren Place, 

New Haven, Conn. 
Aubrey, l'.lias A., Jr.; Pvt., 78 Warren Place, 

New Haven, Conn. 
Avers, Tom; Pvt.icl., 120 West Walnut St., 

Louisville, Ky. 
Bader, Charles; Pvt., 20- Logan St., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 
Bailey, H.irrv W.; Pvt., 21 Maujer St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Bechtold, (iallus W.; Cook, no East 32 St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Bennett, Edward E.; Pvt.icl., 20 Willis Ave., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Bingham, John P.; Pvt., 454 Green St., 

Cambridge, Mass. 
Blumlein, Robert; Wat;., 668 Lat'avette Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Bohannon, Clesson E.; Pvt.icl., 

Stowe, Vt. 
Boyle, John A.; Corp., 104 Portsea St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Bradv, Edward; Pvt.icl., 1037 Putnam Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Brann, Fonzo A.; Pvt., R.F.D. No. 1, 

Jefferson, Me. 
Brennan, John J.; Corp., 168 East 79 St., 

New York City. 
Brice, James H.; Pvt., R.F.D. No. 1, 

Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S. C. 
Brower, Harry T.; Pvt., 803 West Limon St., 

Lakeland, Fla. 
Brown, Ray A.; Pvt., R.F.D. No. 2, 

Lima, Ohio. 
Byrne, John F.; Corp., 17 Hurlburt St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Caplan, Albert; Wag., 44 Elliott St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Carton, David L.; Pvt., 16 Jefferson St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Chaput, Hector R.; Pvt.icl., 

Newport Center, Vt. 
Chasseur, Jean B.; Pvt.icl., 6 So. Groton St., 

Nashua, N. H. 
Christensen, John I.; Mech., 18 Hotchkiss St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Clifford, Maurice M.; Pvt., 14 Lincoln St., 

Worcester, Mass. 
Condron, John J.; Pvt.icl., 40 Pearl St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Coppolo, Salvatore; Pvt.icl., 375 Blatchley Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Corliss, Edward M.; Corp., 

Newport, N't. 
Couture, Oliver T.; Pvt., Silver St., 

Roliinsford, N. H. 
Cranford, George E.j Pvt., 

Ritta, Fla. 



Cronin, Thomas W.; S_:r., 24(1 Franklin St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Curry, Samuel F.; Pvr.icl., 514 berry St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Curtin, Michael J.; Pvt., 93 J Clay St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Daley, Thomas J.; Pvt., 260 Conant St., 

Manchester, N. 11. 
Dean, Frederick; Wag., Meriden Rd., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Dean, Louis P.; Wag., R.F.D.I, Staddle Hill, Box 

Middletown, Conn. ['62, 

Denvir, Daniel F.; Corp., 351 Peck St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Desjardins, Henry; Pvt., Quidnick St., 

Artie, R. I. 
Dolan, William M.; Cook, 302 High St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Drown, Parker; Pvt., 

Fryeburg, Me. 
Dubeault, Albert; Pvt., 90 Harrison St., 

Manchester, N. H. 
Duddy, John J.; Pvt., 519 Green St., 

Cambridge, Mass. 
Elliott, Erwin C; Pvt., 

Derby, Vt. 
Elsberry, Fay W.; Pvt., 1011-ist Ave. East, 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
Enderle, Joseph Jr.; Pvt., 814 Montgomery St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Fessenden, Eldorus C; Corp., 

Brookline, N. H. 
Fitzpatrick, Lisle P.; Pvt.icl., Main St., 

West Derby, Vt. 
Fletcher, Erwin W.; Pvt., 

Johnson, N't. 
Francher, William J.; Wag., 

Middlefield, Conn. 
Friello, Guiseppe; Pvt.icl., 231 Hamilton St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Garvin, Frederick J. B.; Pvt.icl., Route No. 3, 

Central, S. C. 
Gengel, George T.; Pvt., 28 Cambridge St., 

Worcester, Mass. 
Gibson, George H.; Pvt.icl., 21 Eldridge St., 

Lebanon, N. H. 
Gilbane, Francis; Pvt., 18S Franklin St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Gill, Eugene A.; Pvt., 1857 Broadway, 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Giles, Clemon S.; Pvt., R.F.D. No. 3, 

Fort Mill, S. C. 
Goodridge, David 1..; Pvt. 

Abbot Village, Me. 
Cranberry, Henry V.; Pvt., R.F.D. No. 3, 

Columbia, Ala. 
Granr, Henry F.; Pvt., 

Newport, Vt. 
Greene, Michael F.; Sgt., c/o Hotel Taft, 

New Haven, Conn. 
Grendel, Max A.; Pvt.icl., 65 Winter St., 

Manchester, N. H. 
Griffin, Jesse 1..; Pvt.icl., 

Berwyn, Okla. 



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Hakiela, Charles; Pvt., 10 South Center St., 

Southinaton, Conn. 
Hall, Arthur'E.; Wag., R.F.D. No. 21, Abbott Ave., 

Danbury, Conn. 
Halpin, John D.; Corp., 3-9 Ferry St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Hames, Walter L.; Pvt., 

Cliffside, N. C. 
Harper, Lawrence C; Pvt., 138 Maple St., 

Hartford, Conn. 
Head, Wilfred; Corp., Taylor Hall, 

New Haven, Conn. 
Heyman, Walter P.; Pvt.icl., 

Castleton, Yt. 
Higginbottom, Arthur; Pvt., 

Hoxie, Ark. 
Higgins, Thomas F.; Sgt., 117 Lawrence St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Hill, Leo J.; Bugler, 263 Norton St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Holbreiser, Fred P.; Pvt., 309 Halsey St., 

Brooklyn, N. \ . 
Hopkins, Joseph; Pvt., Sf-znd Place, 

Brooklvn, N. Y. 
Hopkins, Paul M.; Corp., 1 Robert St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Howard, Vardry F.; Pvt., R.F.D. No. 4, 

Campobello, S. C. 
Hugo, Peter A.; Ch.Mech., 589 Quinnipiac Ave , 

New Haven, Conn. 
Hutto, Flovd T.; Pvt., 

Pelion,' S. C. 
Jones, Delbert A.; Pvt., 

Hyde Park, Yt. 
Keeler, Harold C; Pvt.icl., 

Mornsv.lle, Yt. 
Kennedy, Thomas J.; Pvt., 31 Summer St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Kessel, Arthur W.; Corp., 19 Parmlee Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Keyes, Ray T.; Corp., 

South Deeriield, Mass. 
Kincaid, Emery B.; Pvt.icl., 

Ingram Branch, West \ a. 
Klanke, Theodore H.; Pvt.icl., 

LeSueur, Minn. 
Lamora, Henry A.; Pvt., 30 Dubuque St., 

Manchester, N. H. 
Lawrence, Joseph T. ; Pvt.icl., 

L nderhill Center, Yt. 
Law, Roy; Wag., 439 Lombard St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Leahy, Thomas P.; Sgt., 8 Rowe St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Lynch, William; Pvt.icl., 97 Floyd St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Lyons, Edward; Pvt. 



Maley, Martin; Corp., Mechanic St., 

Fairhaven, Yt. 
Mallett, Edward B.; Pvt., 

Topsham, Me. 
Matt, John E.; Pvt.icl., 250 Franklin St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Maynard, Leo L.; Mech., 

Fairhaven, Yt. 
McCarthy, John; Pvt.icl., 79 Wells St., 

So. Manchester, Conn. 
McCormick, Edward J.; Mech., 30 Linden St., 

New Haven, Conn. 



McManus, John J.; Pvt., 1146 State St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
McPherson, William B.; Pvt.icl., 293 N. Front St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Michel, Ernest; Pvt., 351 Grand Ave., 

Brooklyn, X. Y. 
Miller, John A.; Corp., 

South Albany, Yt. 
MiHer, S. S.; Pvt., 529 South Boston St., 

Galion, Ohio. 
Miller, Walter F.j Sgt., 54II University Ave., 

Chicago, III. 
Monahan, Joseph J.; Pvt.icl., 17 Clark St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Monroe, Chriss W.; Sgt., 

Pawlet, Rutland County, Yt. 
Moulton, Philip S.; Pvt.icl., 

Orleans, Yt. 
Munvon, Chester T.: Wag., 18: West St., 

Milford. Mass. 
Nachumson, Aron; Pvt.icl., 5315-nth Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Nagle, David R.; Pvt., 164 Starr St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Newman, Thomas F.; Sgt., 50 Lawrence St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
O'Connell, Ray A.; Pvt.icl., 1436 East 65 Place, 

Chicago, 111. 
O'Connell, Joseph D.; Sgt., 30 Linden St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Odell, King B.; Wag., 1st Ave., 

Norwood, R. I. 
Oliver, William B.; Pvt.icl., 1329 Chapel St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Olson, Carl W.; Pvt.icl., 2 Curtiss St., 

Naugatuck, Yt. 
Oram, Charles L.; Pvt., 833 Main St., 

Worcester, Mass. 
Parkinson, Edward L; Cook, 266 North Main St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Perry, Fred R.; Pvt.icl., 

Stowe, Yt. 
Phaneuf, Wilfred W.; Pvt.icl., 55 Darling St., 

Central Falls, R. I. 
Quagliano, Thomas; Pvt.icl., 59! Wallace St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Quinn, Michael M.; Sgt., 396 Elm St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Revoir, Arthur; Corp., 

Orleans, Vt. 
Rinkel, Max; Pvt. 203 East 31st St., 

New York City 
Roberts, Arthur W.; Pvt., 119 Clinton Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Rodmansky, Jerry W.; Wag., "14 Main St., 

Greenwood, Mass. 
Root, Ernest E.; Corp., 

North Troy, Yt. 
Russell, Joseph W.j Corp., 47 Atwater St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Ryan, John F.; Pvt.icl., 52 Edward St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Scalise, Rosario; Pvt.icl., 54 Hill St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Schneider, Conrad J.; Pvt.icl., 6122 N". Pauline St., 

Chicago, 111. 
Scully, Francis J.; Corp., 244 Prospect St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Sears, Daniel E.; Pvt.icl, 151 Cowper St., 

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Selzo, Carmeno C; Pvt.icl., 76: Grafton St., 

Worcester, M.i^s. 
Sills, Albert C; 1'vt., ,11 1 West 4th St., 

Sedalia, Mo. 
Simpson, Elmer I..; Pvt., 7 1 S Main St., 

Worcester, Mass. 
Solari, Angela A.; Pvtid., 218 W. Main St., 

Pensacola, I-'la. 
Smith, Erie B.; Pvt., 

[mboden, Lawrence, Ark. 
Starnes, Edward A.; Pvt., R.F.D. No. 1. 

Independence, La. 
Stevens, Ernest G.; 348 Norton Si . 

New Haven, Conn. 
Stephenson, Pearl B.; Pvt.icl., 

Lowell, Vt. 
Stock, Frank .].; Sgt., [67 Grafton St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
StoorhofV, Albert H.; Wag.. 333 Crescent St., 

BrookK n, N. Y. 
Szilegy, Charles C.j Pvt., 1768 Decatur Ave., 

Bronx. N. Y. 
Tanner, Elmer; Pvt., 

Lamar, Mo, 
I lylor, Clarence H; Pvt., 14.; Notre Dame Ave., 

Da) ton, Ohio. 
Temporelli, Antonio; Pvt, 

Norris^ ille, \'t. 
Tewksbury, Carrol A.; Corp., 

Woodsville, N. H. 
Torello, Joseph; Corp., 88 Greene St., 

New Haven, Conn. 



Turner, Eudolph; Set., 106 Kensingtoi 

New Haven. C 
Lwohill, Prank (i.; Pvt. 15 Voting St., 

New I laven. Conn. 
Tyrrell, Robert L. II.; Pvt.icl., 5: Bradley Ave., 

East Haven, Conn. 
I hlian, William F.j Pvt., [7i4-5t.l1 Ave. North, 

Nashville, Tenn. 
Vinci, Emanuele; Pvt.icl., 55 Ferris St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Vollero, Francis; Corp., 129 Carlisle St., 

New I laven. Conn. 

Vbrdenbaum, Carl; Pvt.icl., 167 Winchester Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Ward, Elmer E.; Pvt., 

Fairhaven, Vt. 
Watson, James M.; Pvt.icl., 

Chumuckla, Fla. 
White, William H.j Pvt., 915 West Chestnut Ave., 

St. Anna, Cal. 
Wendrick, Arthur A.; Pvt., Beacon St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Witzman, John J.; Corp., 382 East St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
\\ irurT, Stiles D.; Sgt., 

Orange, Conn. 
Wright, Harr) C; Sgt., 84 Kensington St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Wronten, David; Pvt., 

Zwack, Charles F.; Pvt.icl., 244 Quinnipiac Ave. , 
New Haven, Conn. 



BATTERY F 



Alford, Ernest F.; Corp., 

Franklin, 111. 
Altieri, Michael, Pvt., 1233 Ellsworth St., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Altieri, Vincenzo; Pvt.,icl., 116 Portsea St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Andrews, George L.; Pvt., 66 Grand St., 

\\ aterbury, Conn. 
Apostolopoulos, Paul J.; Pvt.icl., 2 Main St., 

Gloucester, Mass. 
Armstrong, Paul E. ; Mech., 2 <;9 Madison Ave.. 

Alton, 111. 
Arsenault, Joseph J.; Pvt., Summer St., 

Yarmouthville, Me. 
Auerhamer, Joseph H.; Pvt.icl., 116 Dewitt St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Badger, Ralph A.; Corp., 

South Fairlee, Yt. 
Bailey, William S.; Wag., 

South Ryegate, Vt. 
Barbarite, Vincent R.; Pvt., 325 East 29th St., 

New York City 
Bartlett, Louis F.; Sgt., 742 Dixwell Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Bartollas, John J.; Pvt. icl., 2714 Jacob St., 

Wheeling, W. Va. 
Baturo, Jacob; Pvt., 224 Commerce St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Beachman, Henry J.; Corp., 5121 Market St., 

West Philadelphia, Pa. 
Benson, George F.; 1st Sgt., 416 Blatchley Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Bowditch, Frank R.; Pvt.icl., 103 Brownell St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Boyd, John H.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Rock Hill, S. C. 
Braunlich, Harry; Pvt.icl, 262J Academy St., 

Astoria, L. I., N. Y. 
Brenner, Barnev; Pvt., R.F.D. No. 6, 

Parkville P. O., Baltimore Co., Md. 
Bresnahan, Patrick; Pvt., 73 Highland St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Brinkman, Amos A.; Sgt., 103 Davenport Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Browne, George C; Pvt., 50 Lewis St., 

Lynn, Mass. 
Bush, Eugene M.; Pvt., Lincoln St., 

Westport, Conn. 
Butler, Bernard J.; Pvt., 

South Strafford, Vt. 
Cancellaro, Dominick; Cook, 342 High St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Canney, John R.; Corp., 32 Baxter St., 

Rutland, Yt. 
Cantwell, Ernest W.; Pvt., 

Gassville, Ark. 
Carlson, Harry; Pvt. I CI., 66 Ward St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Carlson, Haskel R.; Pvt., 

Newbury, Yt. 
Carton, John J.; Pvt., 182 Farron Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Caskey, James H.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 3, 

Lancaster, S. C. 



Castonguav, Alfred; Pvt., 

Gonic, N. H. 
Coden, William J.; Corp., 534 Washington Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Coleman, William J.; Pvt., 54 Putnam St., 

Endee Manor, Bristol, Conn. 
Conk, John J.; Pvt.lCl., 854 Fourth Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Cooley, Joseph W.; Pvt., Mendon St., 

West Upton, Mass. 
Crary, Roy E.; Wag., R. F. D. No. 4, 

Springfield, Yt. 
Currie, George M.; Corp., 64 Dickerman St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Currier, Lewis E.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Maidstone, Yt. 
Cwik, John J.; Pvt., So Kent Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Darr, Henry C; Pvt.lCl., 297 Case Ave., 

Akron, Ohio 
DeNardo, Joseph; Corp., 41 7 Washington Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Diano, Benjamin; Pvt., 20 Read St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Dickerson, John N.; Pvt.lCl., 53 Yernon St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Dugan, John T.; Pvt.lCl., 922 Wabash Ave., 

Youngstown, Ohio 
Eastwood, Arthur; Pvt., 8 Simon St., 

Beverly, Mass. 
Edman, John A.; Mech., 203 English St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Esposito, Frank; Pvt.lCl., 257 Greene St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Fach, Robert C; Mess Sgt., 1594 Iraniston Ave., 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
Faeth, Anton; Mech., 762 Congress Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Farley, Francis J.; Corp., 165 West 83rd St., 

New York City 
Faulkner, Peter J.; Corp., 173 Norton St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Felix, John J.; Wag., 698 West 191st St., 

New York City 
Finnigan, Eugene J.; Corp., 634 Orange St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Fitzgibbon, Allan; Corp., 203 Essex St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Fitzpatrick, Thomas; Corp., 119 Clinton Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Flanagan, John J.; Pvt., 299 Central Ave., 

Dover, N. H. 
Flood, Thomas A.; Pvt., 769 Dixwell Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Fraas, John; Pvt., ^63 Woodward Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Frain, Leroy; Pvt., 18 Bridge St., 

Augusta, Me. 
Francis, Luther; Pvt., 

Somerset, Ky. 
Frasca, Armond; Pvt.lCl., 45 Grove St., 

New York City 
Freed, Alex; Pvt., 859 Congress Ave., 

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Fromkin, Morris: Pvt., 837 Howard Ave., 

Ne« Haven, Conn. 
Ganz, Abraham; Pvt.lCl., 384 Flushing Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 
Gardner, Gerald R.; Pvt., Cortege Farms, 

Cape Elizabeth, Me. 
Gaskell, Karl E.; Sgt., 157 Pine St., 

Burlinutun, Vt. 
\mos S.; Wag., R. F. 1). No. 1, 

Tunbridge, Vt. 
Gillett, Burton J.; Pvt.lCl., Stanley Quarters, 

New Britain, Conn. 
Gilley, Charles F., Pvt., 

Tunbridge, Vt. 
Glidden, Merton W.; Wag., R. F. U. No. 1, 

Chester Depot, Vt. 
Glover, John R.; Pvt, 506 Fast Pine St., 

Lakeland, Fla. 
Goss, John W.; Pvt. 1 CI., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Randolph, Vt. 
Gurecki, Stanley; Pvt.lCl., 76 Broad St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Harrington, Horace A.; Pvt., 

Milton Vt. 
Hartley, Robert L. ; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Aragon, Ga. 
Hartman, foseph; Pvt.icl., 4435 Cleveland Ave., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Henry, John; Pvt., 

Norton Mills, Vt. 

Herbers, Henry J.; Pvt., 72i-9th St., 

Marietta, Ohio 
Horn, Ben 1..; Pvt.lCl, 

Edgefield, S. C. 

Horton. Joseph W.: Pvt., 141N Chapel St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Ell, Flmcr F.; Pvt., 511 Clarke St., 

Galesburg, 111. 
Jarre Herman 1..; Pvt., 141 Manhattan Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Kilgore, Andrew M.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Simpsonville, S. C. 
Knorr, George F..; Wag., P. O. Box 51, 

Derby, Conn. 
Kramer, Charles; Wag., si 1 2 Richmond Turnpike, 

S.I..N. V. 
Kreissig, Oscar F.; Corp., 103 Henry St., 

New Britain, Conn. 
Langlois, Arthur J.; Pvt.lCl., 489 Main St., 

Willimantic, Conn. 
Lapan, John; Pvt.lCl., 

West Lebanon, N. H. 
Lathrop, Lovell W.; Pvt.lCl., R. F. D. No. 1, 

West Lebanon, N. H. 
Lawliss, Jesse L.; Sgt., 336 Moody St., 

Waltham, Mass. 
Lewis, Raymond A.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Blounts Creek, N. C. 
l.ourey, Evert; Pvt. 

Walnut Ridge, Ark. 
MacLean, Angus L.; Corp., 

Graniteville, Vt. 
McCarlev John T.; Pvt., 

Iva.'S.'C. 
McDermott, Harold F.; Pvt., 94 Ward St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Mi Donald, Michael; Pvt., 23 Irving St., 

Boston, Mass. 
McGann, Stephen F.; Pvt., 49 Howard Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 



McGovern, Thomas J.; Bugl., 371 North Main St., 
Naugatuck, Conn. 

Mi Kaj . William T.j Pvt., 4(14 Rowan St., 

Fayetteville, N. C. 
Mace, Sylvester; Pvt.lCl., -</: Myrtle Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. V. 
Maguire, Howard P.; Pvt.iCI., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Underbill, Vt. 
Mahitka, Stanislaf; Pvt., 45 Wallace St., 

Springfield, Vt. 
Mai, William G. C.J Pvt.lCl., 302 High St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Martin, Patrick T.; Pvt.. R. F. D. No. 2, 

Sfl ansea, S. C. 

Mcndoza, Judah; Pvt., 1 5 Walnut Ave., 

Revere, Mass. 
Montgomery, William B.; Pvt., Flam St., 

Lancaster, S. C. 
Moore, Willis G.; Pvt.lCl., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Campbell, N. C. 
Morrill, Albert F.; Wat;., 1 Sj School St., 

Berlin, N. H. 
Morris, Daniel H.; Pvt., 59 Judson Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Mulhern, James A.; Pvt., 13 Crescent Square, 

Newton, Mass. 
Mulligan, Eugene J.; Sgt., 493 Winthrop Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Murano, James; Bugl., 925 Grand Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Nelcey, Frank; Cook, 12 Rowe St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Nuttleman, Ralph C; Pvt., 249 Burts Pitt Road, 

Northampton, Mass. 
O'Connell, John J., Pvt., 8 Tyrrel Ave., 

Norwich, Conn. 
O'Connor, Gerald T.; Pvt., 142 Valley St., 

Westville, Conn. 
O'Keet'e, Arthur E.; Pvt.icl., 191 Franklin St., 

Stamford, Conn. 
O'Shea, David M.; Pvt., 249 Cherry St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Owler, Albert J.; Wag., 89 Peace St., 

Providence, R. I. 
Pappastavrou, John V.; Pvt., 729 So. Halsted St., 

Chicago, 111. 
Penrose, Leroy J.; Sgt., 29 Oak St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Perkins, Jesse O.; Pvt., Bridge St., 

Muldleboro, Mass. 
Pridgen, William G.; Pvt., R F. D. No. 2, 

Currie, N. C. 
Reed, Kenneth C; Corp., II Wellington St., 

Arlington, Mass. 
Reisner, William P.; Corp., 9 Stevens St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Rider, Harry H.; Sgt., 

Accord, N. Y. 
Roberts, Milton; Pvt., 132 Pine St., 

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Robinson, Roland; Pvt., 2 Main St., 

Blackstone, Mass. 
Rogovin, Harry; Pvt., 122 Asylum St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Romagnoli, Tony; Pvt., 1622 Titan St., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Rush, Edward T.; Pvt., 4020 Arthington Ave., 

Chicago, III. 
Russo, Patsy; Cook, 95 Hill St., 

New Haven, Conn. 



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Santor, Frank; Pvt., 52 Cotton Hollow, 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Schiller, Louis, Jr.; Sgt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Schmitt, Frank; Ch.Mech., mo Van Wicke Ave., 

Richmond Hill, L. I, N. Y. 
Schubert, Richard G. F.; Cook, 28 Nash St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Schwartz, Arthur; Pvt., 93 East Farm St., 

Waterbury, Conn. 
Sheehan, Daniel J.; Corp., 29 Cottage Ave., 

Springfield, Vt. 
Silver, Robert; Pvt.lcl., 201 Chapel St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Sisk, William P.; Pvt.lcl., 12 Jefferson St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Sledge, John M.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Louisburg, N. C. 
Smith, Francis S.; Corp., 

Staffordville, Conn. 
Smith, James J.; Pvt., 14 Highland Ave., 

Arlington, Mass. 
Spear, Everett F.; Pvt., 

Chelsea, Vt. 
Stonczork, Joseph; Pvt., 45 Mill St., 

New Haven, Conn. 



Sturk, Elmer H.; Sgt., 

Bethel, Vt. 
Thibodeau, Henry J.; Pvt.lcl., 14 Adams St., 

Keene, N. H. 
Timmel, Kurt; Pvt., 1805 Second Ave., 

New York City 
Toomey, Herbert G.; Pvt., 27 Evelyn St., 

Mattapan, Mass. 
Tynan, William J.; Sgt., 12 Lake St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Waters, Harrison A.; Pvt., 46 Moyoc St., 

Canajoharie, N. Y. 
Whelan, Michael J.; Pvt.lcl., 34-5th St., 

Elizabeth, N. J. 
Weng, Edward J. J.; Pvt.lcl., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Gibsonburg, Ohio 
White, Henry J.; Ch. Mech., Ill Grove St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Whittord, Ernest D.; Wag., Gen'l Delivery, 

Norwich, Conn. 
Yeager, George; Pvt., 6832 Lafayette Ave., 

Chicago, 111. 
Zoobchonsk, Paul; Pvt.lcl., 8 Temple St., 

New Haven, Conn. 



SUPPLY COMPANY 



Bartlett, Guy C; Pvt.icl., 

Readsboro, Vt. 
Beede, Clarence W.j Pvt, K. F. 1). No. i, 

Washington, Vt. 

Benedict, Frank W.; W.il., 

Fast Dorset, Vt. 
Bogucki, John; Mech., 4''" Dean St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Breyea, Fred J.; Corp., 

Burlington, Vt. 
Brown, Archie J.; Cook, 

Ludlow, \'t. 
Bruce, Harry F.J Wat;., II Killington Ave., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Burns, William 1'.; Pvticl., 33 Meadow St., 

Rutland, \'t. 
Bushec, Frank; Wag., 

Manchester Depot, Vt. 
Carpenter, Manly; Pvt., 

Groton, Vt. 
Cebull, Jack C; Wag., 238 Harriet St., 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
Cleveland, Benjamin G.; Sgt., 

Manchester Center, \ r. 
Collins, Guy B.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

Bristol. Vt. 
Craft, Wick K.; Sgt., 86 Congress Ave., 

Sew Haven, Conn. 
Dolan, Richard C.; Cook, 326 Bassett St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Eades, Ham C; Corp., 210 Libertv St., 

Troy, N. Y. 
Egan, Patrick J.; Wag., 260 Dubuque St., 

Manchester, N. H. 
Evans, William D.; Wag., R. F. D. No. :., 

East F'airfield, Vt. 
Falvey, Patrick; Pvt.icl., 651 Summer St., 

Holyoke, Mass. 
Farley, John J.; Wag., 145 East 97th St., 

New York City 
Fdorers, Clarence D.; Pvt., 

La Crosse, Ind. 
F'owler, Jesse E.; Wag., North Main St., 

Newport, N. H. 
F'rederico, Michael; Pvt., 408 Hanover St., 

Boston, Mass. 
Frink, Lyle S.; Regt.Sup.Sgt., 27 Harrison St. ; 

Keene, N. H. 
Goddard, Albert W.J Regt.Sup.Sgt., 

Ludlow, Vt. 
Godette, Octave Z.; Wag., 

Manchester Depot, Vt. 
Goodwin, Charles W.; Wag., R. F. D. No. 5, 

Rutland, Vt. 
Goulette, Emile; Wag., 

Island Pond, Vt. 
Greenwood, Homer; Corp., P. O. Box 47, 

Twin .Mountain, N. H. 
Guay, Peter; Wag., Railroad St., 

Island Pond, Vt. 
Gustafson, Albert O.; ist.Sgt., 76 High St., 

Middletown, Conn. 



Gynan, Dexter F.; Pvt., K. F. D., 
Seabrook, N. H. 

Harte, Thomas P.; Pvt.icl., R. I . I >. No. 4, 

Addison, Vt. 
Haven, Joseph C; Cook, North St., 

PittsfieJd, Mass. 
Haynes, Ralph R.; Cook, Box 355, 

Bennington, Vt. 
Himovitch, Charles S.; Mech., 22- E. ',4th St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Holmes, Leon V. L., Pvt., 18th St. cc Ave. C , 

College Point, I.. I., N. Y. 
Horenstein, William; Pvt., 2j2 Linden St., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Hoyt, Philip H.; Wag., R. F. D. No. I, 

Sharon, Vt. 
Jennings, Austin; Wag., 12: West 97th St., 

New York City 
Kennison, Ane C; Pvt., 

Iresburg, Vt. 
Knapp, Farwell; Regt.Sup.Sgt., 9 S. Marshall St., 

Hartford, Conn. 
Laber, Loyal M.; Pvt., 

Hardwick, Vt. 
Ladd, Charles N.; Wag., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Barre, Vt. 
Landon, William C; Pvt.icl., 

Attica, Ind. 
Lassor, Carlos J.; Cook, 

Danby, Vt. 
Levesque, Steve E.; Pvt.icl., Glass St., 

Suncook, N. H. 
Lord, Harry E.; Wag., c o W. F. Benson, 

Chester Depot, Vt. 
McDermott, James W.; Pvt.icl., 323 N. Main St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
McDufFee, Clayton J. ; Pvt., 

I.\ ndonville, Vt 
McGuinniss, Charles J.; Mess Sgt., 28 Front St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Malenfant, loseph A.; Pvt., ; ; Walnut St., 

Nashua. N. H. 
Merchant, Jacob; Pvt., 

Windham, N. H. 
Monahan, Edward P.j Wag., s;., Grand Ave., c/o 

New Haven, Conn. (Mrs. Reynolds. 

O'Connoe, Matthew F\; Wag., 320 Concord St., 

Manchester, N. H. 
Otto, Arch T.; Mech., 13 Sixth St., 

Wheeling, West \'a. 
Parot, Percy'H.; Pvt.icl., 

South Hero, Vr. 
Patch, Clarence A.; Wag., R. F. I). No. 2, 

Johnson, Vt. 
Petell, Leon E.j Wag., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Derb) Line, Vt 

Racine, Joseph A.; W 

Morgan, \'t. 
Reed, Edward E.J Pvt., ;2 Dover St., 

Whitman, Mass. 
Robinson, Ernest M.: Pvt. icl., 4c; N. First St., 

Austin, Minn. 



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THE STORY OF THE 702ND FIELD ARTILLERY 



Sampson, Fred D.; Ch. Mech., 

Salisbury, Vt. 
Severino, Peter; Pvt., 233 St. John St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Sheppard, Wendell T.; Wag., 

Weston, Vt. 
Sheridan, Hugh B.; Pvt., 1084 Chestnut St., 

Newton Upper Falls, Mass., 
Shrubshell, Walter D.; Pvt., 

Maryville, Mo. 
Simpson, Edmond; Pvt.icl., 

Humphrey, Ark. 
Smith, Thomas E.; Wag., 

Manchester Depot, Vt. 
Smith, William H.; Pvt.icl., 41 Amonosuc St.. 

Woodsville, N. H. 
Stall, Frank; Cook, 14 West St., 

Proctor, Vt. 
Strong, Frank L.; Wag., R. F. D. No. 2, 

East Hardwick, N't. 



Sweeney, Kirwan F.; Sgt., ?9 Lincoln Ave., 

St. Albans, Vt. 
Thompson, William J.; Wag., 722 Main St., 

Middletown, Conn. 
Tomlinson, R. L.; Regt. Sup.Sgt., 58 Seaman St. 

Providence, R. I. 
Tuttle, William W.; Corp., 130 Essex St., 

Boston, Mass. 
Verna, Nichola; Pvt.icl., 65 North Park St., 

Franklin, Mass. 
Vuolo, Tony; Mech., 624 Oak St., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Walsh, Michael J.; Wag., 146 East 97th St., 

New York City 
Walters, Theophilus D.; Corp., 

Stauffer, West Md. Co., Pa. 
Weir, Alexander; Regt.Sup.Sgt., 

West Hebron, N. Y. 
Wenzel, Carl A.; Pvt., 620 Curtis St., 

Toledo, Ohio. 



ORDNANCE DETACHMENT 



Betuel, Gerald; Sgt., 12 Seventh Ave.. 

Brooklyn. N. V. 
Bonicke, Rudolph; Corp., 181 Hallock Ave., 

New Haven, Conn. 
Emerson, James F.; Pvt., 

Starksboro, Vt. 
Godwin, Frank A.; Sgt., 212 West 14th St., 

New York City 
Joslyn, Charles M.; Ord.Sgt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

South Hero, Vt. 
Leahy, Patrick J.; Corp., 533 West 49th St., 

New York City 
Lepeo, Angelo, Pvt., 7 Everett Place, 

East Boston, M.is^. 
Levinson, David D.; Ord.Sgt., 2134 N. Sixth St., 

Harrisbum, Pa. 
Lillie, Everett's.; Pvt.icl, R. F. D., No. 2, 

Bennington, Vt. 
Lohrer, Henry; Pvt.icl., 2076 Bergen St., 

Brooklvn, N. Y. 
McClellan, Charles W.; Ord.Sgt., 

Averill Park, Rense Co., N. Y. 
McDonald, William, Jr.; Corp., 20 Cliff St., 

St. Johnsbury, Vt. 



Mahan, Jesse E.; Sgt., R. F. D. No. 2, 

East Randolph, Vt. 
Miller, Harry; Pvt., 892 Irvine St., 

Bronx, New York City 
Persky, William A.; Pvt.icl., 315 Park St., 

Holyoke, Mass. 
Regan, Patrick J.; Pvt., 2469 Eighth Ave., 

New York City 
Savage, Mark A.; Corp., P. O. Box 592, 

Harrison, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
Sears, Harold S.; Corp., 30 School St., 

Rockland, Mass. 
Shea, William A.; Pvt.icl., 271 Oceanside Ave., 

Oceanside, Rockville Center, N. Y. 
Sullivan, William J.; Sgt., 1472 Broadway, 

New York City 
Thompson, Samuel S.; Pvt., 193 Thornton St., 

West Manchester, N. H. 
Trimble, Frank J.; Pvt., 430 Bay Ridge Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Vollkomer, Louis; Pvt., 655 Fresh Pond Road, 

Ridgewood, N. Y. 



MEDICAL DETACHMENT 



Allen, Fred I'.; Pvt.icl., 54 Summi 

Rutland, Vt. 
Burns, Francis C; Pvt.icl., 1 1 J. Maple St., 

White River Junction, Vt. 
Cianciarulo, Joseph; Pvt.icl., loo Maverick St., 

East Boston, Mass. 
Conrad, Andrew; Pvt-,c o Charlotte Scott, Box 76, 

Shortsville, N. V. 
Darivoff, Philip M.; Pvt.icl., 10 Green St., 

Haverhill, Mass. 
Douglass, Regis P.: Pvt.icl., 509 Church St., 

Gallitzin, Pa, 
Elisberg, Samuel; Sgt.icl., 1604 Broadway, 

New York City 
Freeman, Rolierr I..; Pvt.icl., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
McLaughlin, John J.; Sgt., cor. High \ Bridge StS. 

Mittineague, Mass, 
McLeod, Norman 11.; Pvt.icl., o 4 Adams St., 

Burlington, Vt. 
Marshall, William A.; Pvt.icl., K. !•'. D. No. 1, 

Old Mission, Mich. 
Mauer, H. J.; Pvt.icl., 416 Knickerbocker Ave., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Mesquita, John E.; Pvt.icl., 2304 Mass. Ave., 

Cambridge, Mass. 
Mulholland, Edward I-".; Pvt., 

Anthony, R. I. 
Rauch, William J.; Pvt.icl., 

Ingraham, 111. 
Ravencraft, Glen I..; Pvt., 

Maysville, Ky. 
Rennier, George; Pvt.icl , 

Willow Hill, III. 



Riesenberger, loseph; Pvt., 812 West "I' 

Belleville,' 111. 
R Homer; Pvt., Route No. I, 

Moweaqua, III. 
>.ii-. Abraham W.j Pvt.icl., 4:4 W. Sixth St., 

Delphos, Ohio 
Schmitt, Clarence I..; Pvt. id., 

St. Jacob, III. 
Shouse, Charles E.; Pvt.icl., -14 West Short St , 

Lexington, Ky. 
Smith, Kenneth J.; Pvt.icl., 232 Park R 

Ambridge, Pa. 
Sowers, Oscar; Pvt.icl., 

Montrose, 111. 
Speers, Clifford L.; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, 

New Lothrop, 111. 
Spence, Lum; Pvt.icl., 

Cynthiana, Ky. 
Stookev , Samuel; Pvt.icl., . I t "A" St.. 

Belleville, 111. 
Strong, George; Pvt., 

Gilpin, Ky. 
Thacker, John S. ; Pvt.icl., R. I". D., No. 4, 

Maysville, Ky. 
Tranmer, William E.; Sgt., R. 1 •'. I)., No. I, 

Bridgeport, Conn. 
Trotter, George W.; Sgt., 

Bolton, Miss. 
Turner, Harvey C; Pvt., R. F. D. No. 1, 

Sanders, K.\ . 
Turner, Leslie; Pvt., 

Monticello, Ky. 
Woodhed, Harry S.; Sgt., 

Poland Springs, Me. 



BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

Originally Members of the ifl2nd Field Artillery 



Allen, Edwin O.; .14 County Way, 

Beverlej , Mas.. 
Baldwin, Harry G.; 

Shoreham, N't. 
Brawn. Howard D.; P. O. Box 395, 

Foxboro, Mass. 
Butterfly, Edward E.; 83 South Main St., 

Rutland, Vt. 
Curry, Martin M.; 5 Fountain Hill, 

Boston, Mass. 
Cushing, George E.; 87 Walnut St., 

North Saugus, Mass. 
Dean, Eugene A.; 

Chester Depot, Vt. 
DeLorme, Arthur G.; 368 Hildreth St.. 

I ' iwell, Mass. 
Durkee, Gordon A.; 6;o Grove St., 

Newton Lower Falls, Mass. 
Forbes, John R.; 22., Highland Ave., 

Somerville, Mass. 
Forbes, William J.; 41 Elm St., 

New I laven, Conn. 
1 [1 1» aid, Austin L.; [627 South Main St.. 

Brockton, Mass. 
Kelsey, Edwin W.; 45 Hillside St., 

Waverley, Mass. 
Larrabee, Howard B.; 7 Cutler St., 

Worcester, Mass. 

I.eFave, Harold I).; 44 Waverlej PL, 

Melrose, Mass. 



Locke, Harry D.; 17 Ridge St., 

Winchester, Mass. 
Mann, LeRoy; 47 Jaques St., 

Somerville, Mass. 
Morris, Louis C; 35 Winslow Ave., 

West Somerville, Mass. 
Murphy, Thomas R., Jr.; Fast Mam St., 

Cambridge, N. Y. 
Olson, Victor O. ; 75 New St., 

Naugatuck, Conn. 
Parks. Edward A.; 2b Brighton St., 

Belmont, Mass. 
Richards, Samuel E.; 1701 Avenue G, 

Ensley, Ala. 
Robinson, William J.; 4 Nashua St., 

Somerville, Mass. 
Stewart, Benjamin; 

Oil City," La. 
Sullivan, Henry P.; 32 Lewis Ave., 

Arlington, Mass. 
I angredy, Joseph A.; 

Danb} , Vt. 
White, Carl B.; 

I- ast Wallingford, Vr. 

Wilson, Oscar M.; 654 Fairfield Ave., 

Bridgeport, Conn. 

Wiltsie, Edward D.; 106 Bellevue Ave., 
Rutland, Vt. 



In flfoemoviam 



Pvt. Charles I. Strobles, February u, [919. Camp 

de Souge, France. Next of Kin: Dr. Sim A. Hussey, 
Newberry, Florida. Headquarters Company. 

Pvt. Edward Kircher, October 25, 191S. Camp de 
Souge, France. Next of Kin: Mrs. Nellie Kircher, 
6359 Halstead Street, Chicago, Illinois. Headquarters 

Company. 

Sgt. Clifford J. Copping, April 3, [918. Camp Dev- 

ens, Mass. Next of Kin: Mrs. George E. Copping, 

Fast Dorset, Vermont. Battery A. 

Pvt. Claude H. Buffum, January [3, [918. Camp 

Devens, Mass. Next of Kin: Mr. Frank Buffum, Fast 

Wallingford, Vermont. Battery A. 

Pvt. George Belzil, September 23, 1917. Camp Dev- 
ens, Mass. Battery B. 

Pvt. id. Joseph P. Knight, Camp de Souge, France. 

About December 1, 1919. Next of Kin: Miss Alice 

Knight, S4 Goffe St., New Haven, Conn. Battery B. 

Corp. Austin Noble, — -Next of Kin: Mrs. Ida B. 
Noble, Bethel, Vermont. Battery D. 

Pvt. Fred Dunne, October 23, 191 8, Camp de Souge, 
France. Battery E. 

Pvt. Frederick Pearson, November 24, 1918, Camp 
de Souge, France. Battery E. 

Pvt. Charles L. Demmoxs, October 21, 1918. Camp 

de Souge, France. Next of Kin: Charles Demmons, 

Detroit, Maine. Supply Company. 

Wagoner Austin Jennings, November 5, 1918, Rupr 

en Woevre, France. Next of Kin: Thomas Jennings, 

Kilbannon, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. 

Supply Company. 




" Kim, I.a (jierre ' 



302nd Field Artillery Association 



OFFICERS 

President 

T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE, 3d, 184 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 

/ ice-President 
WM. H. CLAFLIN, Jk., :»h> Commonwealth Ave., Boston, M.,ss. 

Secretary and Treasurer 
|i ISEPH J. FANE, 144 Lexington Ave., Cambridge, Mass. 



Massachusetts Secretary 
DONALD N. GILBERT, 2- State St., Boston 

/ ermont Secretary 
H. \V. LIQUED, 114 East St., Rutland 

Connecticut Secretary 
STILES D. WOODRUFF, Orange 

Xeii- York Secretary 
H. LeROV WHITNEY, 4= West St., New York City; c b M. W. Kellogg Co. 



Board of Governors 

T. Jefferson Coolidge, 3d, Samuel W. Atkins, 

184 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Marietta, Pa. 

Wm. H. Claflix, Jr., Evan Hollister, 

269 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. 780 West Ferry St., Buffalo, N. Y. 

Allen H. Boardman, Burgess A. Edwards, 

165 Buckingham St., Waterbury, Conn. s- Milk St., Boston, Mass. 

Lincoln Baylies, Samuel S. Durvee, 

5 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Organizing Committee 

Chosen by the regiment at Camp de Souge, France, March, 1919, "to draw up 
articles of organization " for a regimental association. 

Sgt. Raymond R. Beane, Btry. B. Ord. Sgt. Charles M. Joslvk, Ordnance Det. 

ist Sgt., George F. Benson, Btry. F". istSot. John G. Kenefick, Btry. C. 

Corp. John C Burns, Btry. B. Corp. Ray T. Keyes, Btry. K. 

Corp. James A. Blrrell, Btry. B. Sgt. John H. Klein, Hdqrs. Co. 

Sot. J imes P. Fitzsimmons, Btry. A. Recti.. Slp. Sgt. Farwell Knapp, Supply Co. 

MESS Sot. Edward J. Fox, Btry. A. Sgt. William N. Mitchell, Hdqrs. Co. 

Pvt. icl. Armond Frasca, Btry. F. ist Sgt. Joseph C. Raytkwich, Jr., Btry. D. 

Sot. K mi. E. (J iskell, Btry. F". Corp. Ernest E. Root, Btry. E. 

Si, 1. Wm. J. Hamilton, Btry. A. Corp. Wm. F. Stearns, Jr., Btr\. C. 

Sot. Ellsworth S. Johnson, Btr\. I). Corp. Henry B. Walbridge, Btry. C. 

Sot. Shi 1 - D. VVooDRurp, Btry. E. 



The 302nd Field Artillery Association 



CONSTITUTION 

I. Name: The name of this society shall be The 
302d Field Artillery Association. 

II. Objects: To perpetuate the patriotic spirit 
of our Regiment, and the friendship borne of com- 
mon effort in our nation's cause during the war 
with Germany; to help members of the Regiment 
in sickness or distress; and to preserve that fra- 
ternity and good fellowship existent during our 
association as members of the American Expedi- 
tionary Forces. 

III. Membership: Officers and enlisted men 
who were members of the 302d Field Artillery for a 
period of at least three months, or who served with 
the Regiment in the American Expeditionary 
Forces, are eligible to membership. 

IV. Officers: The Officers of this Society 
shall be: 

1. President, 2. Vice President, 3. Secretary 
and Treasurer, 4. Vermont Secretary, ;. Con- 
necticut Secretary, 6. Massachusetts Secretary, 
7. New York Secretary. 

V. Board of Governors: There shall be a 
Board of Governors composed of the Organization 
Commanders of this date (April 2d, 1 9 1 9) . 

Captain' William H. Claflin, Jr. 

C4Ptain T. Jefferson Coolidge, 3RD. 

Captain Evan Hollister 

Captain Lincoln Baylies 

Captain Samuel YV. Atkins 

Captain Samuel S. Duryee 

Captain Burgess A. Edwards 

ist Lt. Allen H. Boardman 
They shall adopt all necessary by-laws for the 
proper carrying out of the purposes and objects of 
the society, shall elect the President and Vice 
President and shall fill vacancies in an office when 
such occur. 

VI. Term of Office: The Members of the 
Board of Governors shall be elected for life. Vacan- 
cies in the Board of Governors may be filled by 
plurality vote of the remaining members of the 
Board of Governors. 

VII. Secretaries: The Secretaries shall be 
elected by the Organizing Committee, and shall 
hold office until such time as they are unable to 
continue in their office or the Board of Governors 
shall see fit to relieve them from their office. 

VIII. Dues: There shall be no Dues. 

IX. Amendments: Amendments to the Consti- 
tution may be made in the following manner: 
The proposed amendment shall be subscribed by 
fifty members of the society and shall be presented 
to the Board of Governors on or before the first 
day of August in any year. On the first day of 



September following there shall be mailed to everv 
member of the society a copy of the proposed 
amendment, in ballot form, which when marked 
shall be mailed to the Secretary of the Society. 
No ballots shall be accepted or counted unless 
received by the Secretary not later than the first 
day of November following, on which date the 
ballots are to be opened and counted. If a majority 
of the ballots cast shall be in the affirmative the 
said amendment shall be a part of the Constitution 
of the Society, and a memorandum to that effect 
shall be mailed to each member of the society. 

BY-LAWS 

(As accepted by the Board of Governors at Meeting 
at Pauillac, France, April 10, 1919). 

I. Funds: All money received by the Associa- 
tion will be deposited as soon as practical, in a 
reputable bank. Checks on this bank will be 
signed by the Treasurer, and the President or Vice 
President. Money so drawn may be spent at the 
discretion of an officer ot the Association on associa- 
tion business. Record of receipts and expendi- 
tures will be kept by the treasurer, together with 
vouchers showing the source of receipt and the 
purpose of expenditures. This account will be 
audited once a year. All expenditures not previ- 
ously approved will be approved by the Board of 
Governors at each meeting. A statement will be 
sent to all members of the Association once a year. 

II. Meetings of the Board of Governors: 
The Board of Governors will meet at least once a 
year on the call of the President or Vice President. 
Notice of this meeting will be sent to all the Secre- 
taries, who are privileged to attend the meeting. 

III. Quorum of the Board of Governors: 
Five members of the Board of Governors constitute 
a quorum. A majority vote of the quorum is 
necessary for the enaction of By-Laws or transaction 
ot business. In the absence of a quorum any busi- 
ness will be referred by letter to all members of the 
Board and nothing will be considered passed until 
five members of the Board signify their approval 
in writing. 

IV. The Secretary will keep a record of the meet- 
ings of the organizing committee and the report of 
the organizing board, of the board of governors, 
and a copy of the constitution and by-laws. 

V. There will be a yearly report sent to all mem- 
bers showing the work of the association and inter- 
esting facts concerning members of the association. 

VI. The President is responsible that the Consti- 
tution and By-Laws are adhered to. 

(Signed) T. Jefferson Coolidge, 3RD, 

President. 




Regimental Theatricals in France 



Memoirs 



Written at Rupt-en-\Voevre, France 
November, 1918 



Say fellows, 

Do you remember when we first landed 

At Camp Devens? 

Remember 

Hew the place looked? 

Wasn't it a weird sight? 

Didn't the officers look swell 

In their pretty uniforms? 

We surely did admire them 

At first. 

Then they put misfits on us, 

And 

Started in to make 

Soldiers out of us. 
The iron bunk. 

The straw mattress. 

The blanket. 

The mess-kit. 

Nothing like home, 

Was it? 

That was some camp though. 

We saw it grow 

From a crude wilderness 



To a first class 

Establishment. 

* * * 

Remember the first drills? 
Squads east, Castle Thenics, 
Semi 4, 
Genera! Orders. 

Gee, they were interesting 

For a day 

Or so. 

Then, 

The wooden guns. 

The wooden horses. 

Also interesting 

— About once. 

Next came the stables, 

And regular horses 

Some of them. 

Damn tew, though. 

Gosh, it was cold 

About that time. 

Remember the first casualties, 

And how we laughed 



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llntil we got kicked 

Ourselves? 

Some winter we spent 

With those nags. 

Did you ever get to ride 

In a saddle? 

I know, I didn't. 

Then 

When we learned to ride 

How they took the plugs away. 

Remember? 

It was just turning Spring. 

Made us a motor outfit. 

Gave us practice in 

Hiking. 

Consistent, wasn't it? 

Constant, too. 

Recall 

The firing on the range 

With the 

3" guns? 

Gee, how we kicked about 

Walking out to the O. P. 

How far would you walk now 

For a little 

Kon — vac? 

Recall the tough battling 

At 

Harvard 

Still River 

Shirley 

The Holliday House? 

Happy days, weren't they? 

How'd you like to be there 

Now? 

* * * 

Remember 

When we got the bunch of 

Rookies? 

May, wasn't it? 

We thought we were 

Regulars, then. 

We were 

In comparison. 

Not in fact, though. 

* * * 

Remember 

Those rumors about sailing? 

The inspections. 

The reviews. 

Some of us got 

Furloughs 

For four days. 

1 know a fellow who got 

Seven days. 

A. W. O. L. 



Great dope, eh? 

Rumors came true, though. 

'Twas 

The Ides of July, 

When we sailed from 

Boston Harbor. 

Some ship we sailed on. 

Remember the name? 

H. M. S. Port Lincoln. 

Meaning, 

Have More Stew. 

Fifteen days aboard that 

Cattle boat, 

Including the two days 

In Halifax Harbor. 

Wow! What a memory. 

Some trip, though. 

Remember 

The dirty decks, 

The hammocks, 

The canteen JJSfJ n, 

The submarine battle, 

And 

The stew? 

Better left unsaid. 

Remember 

How we kicked 

At Camp Devens 

One Sunday, 

Because our ice cream was soft: 

No kidden, 

Combien francs 

Would you give now, for a little 

Ice cream? 

* * * 

Remember 

Our arrival in 

Liverpool? 

Some hike that night, with 

Full packs, and 

Sea legs, to 

Knotty Ash. 

Some camp that was, eh? 

Two days felt like 

So many years. 

Then, that trip to 

Winchester, 

In those 

Funny English coaches. 

Once inside, 

There's 

No getting out. 

Lucky 

We didn't get much to eat. 

Guess the English 

Must travel on an 



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Empty stomach. 
Remember 

That hike up the hill 

At night 

When we landed at 

Winchester: 

I'm tired from it, yet. 

Remember 

The wooden beds 

Made of slats, 

And 

The jam and tea 

For meals? 

Some bed 

And 

Some board. 

Synonymous, I'll say. 

Next came the short ride to 

Southampton. 

And, the sail by night 

From there 

On the good ship 

Harvard 

For the land of 

"Ou, la la 

And 

Yin blanc." 

Regular American ship, though, 

With REGULAR sailors 

And REGULAR comforts. 

Remember 

The morning we landed at 

Le Havre, in 

"Sunny France"? 

It rained that morning 

And 

Has been raining 

Ever since. 

"Sunny" must be French 

For "Mud." 

That was some hike 

That morning, too. 

Wonder why they always 

Build camps 

On the top of the 

Highest hills. 

Must be healthy. 

Made me sick. 

1 know that. 

* » » 

Remember 

That afternoon we lett Le Havre, 

Headed for a training camp 

"Somewhere in France"? 

Recall 

The first view of 



French troop trains? 
Pour-wheeled 
Flat-wheeled 
Funny 

French 

Freight cars. 

Very short 

And narrow. 

Recall the printing 

On the door? 

" Hommes 40" 

"Chevaux S"? 

Which probably means 

"Crowd in 4c" 

"Room for 8." 

Some cars 

And 

Si ime trip! 

Two days and two nights 

Enroute, packed tight, 

With no sleep, 

And with 

Corned Willie and Beans 

For rations. 

Devens began to look pretty good, 

Didn't it? 

Remember 

The large cities 

We passed thru? 

I don't. 

Couldn't see thru the door, 

And 

The windows were jammed. 

* * * 

Finally arrived at a 

Rest Camp 

In southern France 

And 

Near Bordeaux — 

If you were above 

Grade XVII. 

Remember 

That first real picture 

Ot France? 

The vineyards 

The wine gardens 

The wine bottles 

The wine, itself. 

That was some "Rest Camp." 

Wow!! 

Called "Camp Kon-yac." 

* * » 

Recall 

When we left there for 

Camp de Souge? 

Like losing your best friend, 



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Wasn't it? 

Souge was some place! 

Not for me, though. 

Gee, wasn't it 

Hot 

And 

Dusty? 

French couldn't live there 

So they gave it to the U. S. 

Forty dead horses 

Carried out each day, 

Including Sunday. 

Remember 

When we first got paid 

In francs? 

I got "beaucoup." 

Nearly 200 of them. 

Looked like cigar coupons, 

And cheap ones 

At that. 

Recall 

Your first French lessons? 

Vin blanc 

Combien 

Merci 

Beaucoup 

Etc. 

Some vocabulary! 

Carried me through, though. 

* * 

Recall 

The new guns 

4-7 "? 

First of its kind 

In France. 

Remember 

The intensive training. 

O. P. 7. 

The night firing. 

The range battles 

And 

The familiar cry of 

Nuts! Nuts! 

Remember 

The day we left 

For the Front? 

Happy day, wasn't it? 

Recall 

The interesting sights 

Enroute? 

The aviation camps, 

The German prison camps. 

The hustle 

And 

The activity 

As we approached the Front. 



The landing at 

Dugny 

And the mess 

In the dark. 

Remember 

The walk to 

Ancemont, or 

Beaquemont? 

And 

The haunted billets? 

All I could hear, \\ as, 

"Put out that light." 

Then the hike to 

Rupt-en-Woevre. 

Gosh, it was dark. 

And wet 

And far. 

Began to look like 

War 

After all 

Didn't it? 

Recall 

How we breezed into 

Rupt, 

And 

Went to sleep on the floor 

In pitch dark? 

And actually enjoyed it. 

Did you ever think 

You could see in the dark? 

I didn't. 

I do now, though. 

Remember 

The daylight view of 

Rupt-en-Woevre 

In the morning? 

Ye Gods! 

Stone buildings, 

Wall-less 

Roofless 

Floorless 

And 

Abris, galore. 

Recall 

Our first trip 

To the actual Front 

To get located, 

And 

The permanent movement 

There? 

The hard work 

Digging emplacements. 

All done at night. 

Pretty tough, eh? 

Interesting, though. 

Remember 



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The deep dugouts 
The dirty dugouts 
The rat-ridden dugouts! 

V. M. C. A. L'avc us soap 

In the dugouts 

And 

Water .; miles awaj . 

Recall 

TheO. I'. 

On Hill 37a, 

Tin- communicating system. 
'Hie battalion positions. 
The batterj positions, 
The M I I), 
The Grand Tranchee, 
The few shots 
At the Huns, 
The sleepless nights. 
And days, 
The aeroplanes overhead, 

The whizz bang. 

And 

The whizz 

Without the bang. 

Some memory, 

I'll never forget. 

Remember 

The night we got orders 

To move forward? 

Had hardly got settled 

Where we were. 

Some experience that night, 

At Les Epargc 



And Tresevaux. 

I I, uas shells, 
I li< bombardment 
Of our new positions. 
Wow ! I'm dizz) yet. 

Recall the joyous news 
That morning! 
VRMISTICI 

I (Fective at 1 1:00 A. M. 

As welcome as 

A check from home, 

Used to be. 

Remember 

The return to Rupt, 

And 

1 low much better 

It looked this time? 

Guess 

Devens will look pretty good 

When we return, too. 

Fifteen months ago 

We first landed 

At Devens. 

Doesn't seem such a long time, 

Does it? 

How would you like 

To stay here 

Fifteen months 

More? 

Don't get sore, 

I'm only kidden. 

Fini! 

Corp. Saul CowAf 



Hdq. Co. 



A THRILLING ADVENTURE 



Oft-times there comes into my mind 

A thought of long ago, 
When 1 was in a place called Rupt, 

A-soldiering there, you know. 
It happened in the Great World War, 

I was a private then, 
A young man in the prime of life, 

A man among the men. 

There was no fear within my heart, 

That is — not through the day. 
'Twas something happened there one night 

That turned my hair to gray. 
We were quartered in an old stone house 

Built way before the flood, 
\\ hose ghostly shadows in the night 

Would surely chill your blood. 

I slept in one small room alone 

With no companions near, 
But I was brave and strong and young, 

And little did I fear. 
One fatal night that changed my life 

And left me weak and frail, 
I strode into the room and hung 

My coat upon a nail. 

The moon shone in the window, 

And by its pale white light 
I rapidly undressed myself 

And settled for the night. 
My eyelids closed in slumber 

As I lay upon my back, 
And I had pleasant visions of 

Corned Willie and Hard Tack. 



1 started up, and in distrust, 

Groped blindly for a shoe; 
The rats had troubled me before 

So 1 knew what to do. 

But this rat was a different sort, 

And did not run away. 
He ambled slowly o'er the bed 

As it he meant to stay. 
In vain I struck out with my feet, 

In vain I hurled my shoe. 
Friend Rat, he dodged it all 

And stuck around like glue. 

And then the blood froze in my veins 

And I lay still as stone, 
As half a hundred squeaks or more 

Showed he was not alone. 
His relatives and children too 

Had come unto the feast, 
And all that night I wrestled with 

A thousand rats at least. 

They played leap-frog, and hide and seek 

All night around my bed, 
And one was bold enough to gnaw 

Some hair from off my head. 
Next morning I staggered from my bunk 

With weak and trembling knees, 
And found some knave had hidden there 

A chunk of Schweitzer Cheese! 

Private I. Segall, 

Batterv A. 



When suddenly beside my ear 

There pounced just like a cat, 

So close that I could feel his breath, 
A big bewhiskered rat. 



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FIRESIDE THOUGHTS 

As I sit in contemplation in the town beside the Meuse, 

Full many are the pictures, and many are the views; 

And strong indeed the contrast to the life we had before 

Our entry in the army, in those good old days of yore. 

Then we dined in quiet comfort, seated at the family board, 

And shared alike the good things that in plenty had been stored. 

What a difference as we picture those by-gone days, and now 
As we stand in line with mess-kit, preparing for the chow, 
While the raindrops run and trickle in a cadence slow or fast; 
Well, we know we're in the army and those good old days are past; 
And we boys long for their returning as we chew and chaw and b:te, 
While we're searching for a dry spot, but there's not a one in sight. 



Then the picture how we travelled in those days before the war, 

In the twin-six or the flivver, or in any other car. 

Now it's different, vastly different; we journey here by weight, 

And we pass through town and country packed and labelled as fast freight. 

"8 chevaux" and "40 Hommes" is the sign upon the door, 

But no one now has faith in signs, since we entered in the war. 



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Now those billets in the village, where we stopped for quite a time, 
Different from the old home comforts, in our genial western clime. 
Here a hayloft, now a stable or a barn beside the sheep, 
Just some wall to hang your packs on, floor enough to let you sleep. 
How we worked and fussed and labored in a general clean-up fray, 
Model bunks, and then inspection was the order of the day. 

Now our days of strife are over, and the Great World War is won, 
And the hosts of truth and freedom view their mighty task well done; 
And our boys with pride and pleasure look from here across the foam, 
Where beyond the far horizon is the threshold of their home. 
There, the new day just awakening beckons with a roseate hand, 
Recalling each brave wanderer back unto his native land. 



THE ATTACK ON HILL n 44 . 

'Twas on a dark and stormy night 

Away up on the lines; 
The rain came pouring down in sheets, 

The wind howled through the pines, 
The constant booming of the guns 

Resounded through the night; 
And now and then a rocket's flare 

Would cast a fitful light. 

When down a road of treacherous mud 

A storming party came; 
They were brave men, and determined 

To uphold their country's name. 
Now and then a man would stumble 

As he bucked the blinding gale, 
But with grit and nerve unfailing 

They hit the slippery trail. 

Suddenly a hill loomed up 

To block our heroes' way; 
'Twas on the crest of that dark hill 

That their objective lay. 
They staggered up the narrow path 

'Mid darkness black as pitch, 
And cursed when they fell o'er a wire 

Or stumbled in a ditch. 
At last they reached the summit; 

"Thank Gcdl" I heard them say 
As they reached their goal so difficult — 

The French Y. M. C. A. 

Private I. Segall, 

Battery A. 



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